The Queen, Accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will light the Principal Beacon to Celebrate Her Majesty’s 90th Birthday on Thursday 21st April.
To celebrate The Queen’s 90th Birthday, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales will invite Her Majesty The Queen to light the Principal Beacon on 21st April at Windsor Castle. This will be followed by the lighting of a number of Beacons along the Long Walk, Windsor Great Park, including one at the Copper Horse, and then over 1,000 beacons will be lit throughout the United Kingdom, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, UK overseas Territories and a Commonwealth Country to celebrate this landmark birthday.
Many different organisations are taking part from all areas of the local community by lighting Beacons, including Town, Parish and Community Councils and Youth Organisations. Beacons will be lit at churches, on farms, country parks, village greens and on country estates. Lighthouses, National Trust and English Heritage properties are also taking part.
The Army Cadet Force are taking special gas fuelled Beacons to the top of the Four Highest Peaks in the UK:
- Ben Nevis – Scotland (1st Battalion Highlanders Army Cadet Force)
- Mount Snowdon – Wales (Clwyd and Gwynedd Army Cadet Force)
- Scafell Pike – England (Cumbria Army Cadet Force)
- Slieve Donard – Northern Ireland (2nd NI Battalion Army Cadet Force)
Bruno Peek, LVO, OBE, OPR, Pageantmaster, The Queen’s 90th Birthday Beacons said, “
It has been a enormous privilege to be able to organise this amazing community event to celebrate the 90th Birthday of Her Majesty The Queen. I am delighted to see so many different organisations playing their part.”
The Beacons on top of the Four Peaks will be lit at 7.15pm with all other Beacons being lit ay 8.30pm that evening.
The Ramsgate Beacon will be lit at:
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Ramsgate Royal Harbour - Harbour Arm
The Mayor of Ramsgate will read the Prince of Wales message that he has written, before lighting the beacon.
Her Majesty The Queen has lit the Principal Beacon on all the Following Occasions:
1977 - The Queen’s Silver Jubilee
1995 - 50th Anniversary of VE Day
1999 - Beacons for the Millennium
2002 - The Queens Golden Jubilee
2005 - The Trafalgar Weekend Beacons
2012 - The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
2015 - 75th Anniversary of VE Day
Contact Details:
Richard Styles
Town Clerk
The Queen’s 90th Birthday Beacon – 21st April 2016, 8:30pm
Tel: 01843 598752
Website:
www.ramsgatetown.org