Tower of London gun salute marks Queen Elizabeth’s 70-year reign

The Honourable Royal Artillery firm carried out a 62 gun salute on the Tower of London on Monday (February 7) to mark the seventieth Anniversary of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II ascending to the throne.

The Honourable Royal Artillery firm, the oldest regiment within the British military, has a singular ceremonial position offering Guards of Honour at Guildhall and gun salutes on the Tower of London.

Elizabeth turned the queen of Britain and greater than a dozen different realms together with Canada, Australia and New Zealand on the demise of her father King George VI on February 6, 1952, whereas she was in Kenya on a global tour aged 25.

Britain will maintain 4 days of nationwide occasions in June to mark her platinum jubilee.

Throughout her seven many years on the throne, the queen has been an emblem of stability for the nation throughout large social, financial and political change, together with the top of the British Empire.