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The queen seemed in great spirits Saturday, having created a stir on social media for her quips at the G-7 summit. While waiting for the camera, posing with world leaders on the Cornish Coast, she was heard off-mic saying, \"Are you supposed to look like you're enjoying yourself?\" to chuckles from all sides.

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PHOTO: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent attend a military ceremony in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle to mark her Official Birthday, Windsor, England, June 12, 2020.
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Whilst visiting the Eden Project in Cornwall, the queen again stole the show insisting on using a ceremonial sword to cut a cake in celebration of The Big Lunch initiative.

Upon being informed there was a traditional knife available for cutting as she was visibly struggling with the long (but perhaps rather blunt) ceremonial sword, she quipped: \"I know there is, this is more unusual,\" before being helped by Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

Her Majesty wielding a sharp sword, and an even sharper tongue 🤣 pic.twitter.com/PulzMpj86Y

— Thomas Newton (@SkyTNewton) June 11, 2021

The 95-year-old monarch's birthday, which is actually on April 21, is officially celebrated each year on the second Saturday of June.

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PHOTO: Queen Elizabeth II watches the Royal Air Force "Red Arrows" fly over Windsor Castle during a military ceremony to mark her Official Birthday in Windsor, England, June 12, 2021.
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The celebration is typically an event that brings together all members of the royal family taking part in the procession and in carriages, and ends up on the front balcony of Buckingham Palace for an iconic group shot to observe the traditional flyover by fighter jets from the Royal Air Force.

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PHOTO: Queen Elizabeth II attends a military ceremony in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle to mark her Official Birthday in Windsor, England, June 12, 2021.
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The last time the family was seen together on that balcony was in 2019, just a few weeks after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had welcomed their firstborn baby Archie. Harry and Meghan now live stateside in the U.S in Caliornia; their young family now grown to four members, with the arrival of baby Lilibet last week.

The queen has attended a Trooping the Color every year of her reign, apart from in 1955 when the event was canceled due to a national rail strike.

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