21 April 08

Today marks the 82nd birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, whose official title is "Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland." One Web site that keeps track of such things notes that there has not been a 'Queen of England' since 1603. It also says that the official celebration of her birthday arrives on the third Saturday of June.

We have a "birthday party bear" named Beth, so she's pretty excited about today. And of course my tie is tied with a full Windsor knot