Happy Birthday to you . . .

The Queen celebrates her 90th Birthday today with celebrations planned throughout April, May and June.

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London calling …

A MAJOR campaign to publicize #London as a tourist destination has been launched. ‘Fans of London’ will be promoted through VisitLondon.com and will showcase events, exhibitions, and anniversaries being celebrated in the English capital this year. The target market is North America. 

The campaign is based on four short films, each featuring an American ‘super fan’ as they take part in an ‘experience’ to celebrate:

· The Queen’s 90th birthday

· The 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s legacy

· Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

· An exhibition telling the story of the Rolling Stones, Exhibitionism, which opens at the Saatchi Gallery in London next month (April)

Chris Gottlieb, chief marketing and communications officer at London & Partners said: ‘Fans of London is about showcasing the unmissable events and celebrations taking place across the capital this year. London has an event for everyone and the four films we are producing showcase that diversity.’

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Ballot opens for tickets to the HMQ90 Windsor celebration

MEMBERS of the public have the opportunity to win a free ticket for The #HMQ90 #Celebration on The Long Walk at #WindsorCastle May 15. This is a part of the Queen's 90th birthday celebration to be held from May 12 to May 15 in the castle’s private grounds. The ballot of 5,000 tickets closes on March 14. 

The event offers the opportunity to be involved in a pre-performance party on the final night of the event and watch a live-screening of a television broadcast from the Long Walk in Windsor Great Park.

The show tells the story of the Queen's life encompassing a reign spanning more than 60 years, starting from when she was born in 1926, through World War Two, to The Coronation in 1953. Performers and displays will include The Oman Royal Cavalry, The New Zealand Army Band, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Azerbaijan Cossack Riders, State Carriages from The Royal Mews, The South Australian Police Band, The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, The Fijian Army Dancers and Band, 100 military and Commonwealth pipers, and The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.

Applications for the ballot can be completed online by filling out a short form, which can be found at www.hmq90.com or they can be applied for in writing to: Celebration on The Long Walk, The Old Booking Hall, Windsor Royal Shopping, Thames St, Windsor SL4 1PJ. 

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LEGO Britannia on show

A LEGO replica model of the Queen's former floating palace, The Royal Yacht #Britannia, has arrived at the Visitor Centre in Ocean Terminal, #Edinburgh.

Created using 40,000 LEGO bricks, and measuring more than 11ft in length, the 1:37 scale five-deck model is now on permanent display.

Designed and constructed from Britannia's original plans and drawings, it took 51-year-old LEGO model builder and fisherman, Jim McDonough, five weeks to build on the dining room table in his home, near Arbroath. He says no glue was used in its construction, and everything can be taken apart. 

‘It was an honour to be asked to build The Royal Yacht Britannia,’ says Mr McDonough. ‘It's one of the most exciting projects I've ever undertaken, and being able to refer to the original plans, kindly supplied by Britannia, allowed me to produce this replica of Her Majesty's yacht.’

The Britannia – decommissioned in 1997 now owned by a charitable trust – was used by the Queen for more than 40 years and sailed more than one million miles around the world. Britannia is now berthed in Edinburgh, where it has been named as Scotland's best visitor attraction for ten consecutive years.

www.royalyachtbritannia.co.uk

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