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King Charles IIIandQueen Camillaare celebrating some very special birthdays.
This week, the new King, 73, and the Queen Consort, 75, delivered the first set of cards to hundreds of peoplecelebrating their 100th and 105th birthdaysacross the United Kingdom, Buckingham Palace said.
Thenew cardsfeature a photograph of Charles and Camilla that was taken in summer 2018.
Thousands of birthday cards are sent from Buckingham Palace each year to residents celebrating their 100th and 105th birthdays…and every year thereafter. Those celebrating their 60th, 65th and 70th wedding anniversaries also receive a card as well.
The tradition dates back to 1917, amid the reign of King George V. DuringQueen Elizabeth’s reign, approximately 1.3 million cards were sent to mark birthdays and anniversaries across the U.K., the Realms and the Overseas Territories, per Buckingham Palace.
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According to Buckingham Palace, several veterans of World War II were recipients of the first birthday cards from the royal pair, including Ruth Park-Pearson.
Park-Pearson, who was born in Glasgow in 1922 and served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service (the WRENS), celebrated her 100th birthday on Friday.
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“You don’t think about it at the time, it’s not until later you realize just sort of how old you are suddenly. You think, my goodness me, I remember the old King,” she told the outlet.
Park-Pearson continued that she received “so many wonderful presents and flowers” from her large family, and jokingly added, “I could start a flower shop, almost.”
source: people.com
