At midday on April 10, a 41-round Death Gun Salute was fired across the U.K. to mark the passing of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. We are accustomed to gun salutes in London. As well as for royal births, the birthdays of Prince Philip and the Prince of Wales, the opening and closing of parliamentary sessions, and for State visits, guns are fired to celebrate anniversaries of Queen Elizabeth If s accession to the throne (aged 25 on February 6,1952), coronation (June 2,1953), and her real and official birthdays (April 21, 1926 and the second Saturday in June).
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