Britain's Queen Elizabeth II travels in an open carriage to Buckingham Palace during the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London June 12, 2004. Britain put on one of its grandest annual shows of royal pageantry Saturday to officially mark Queen Elizabeth II's birthday. More than 1,000 soldiers in ceremonial marched and saluted the monarch in the Trooping the Colour ceremony at the Horseguards Parade ground near Buckingham Palace.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II travels in an open carriage to Buckingham Palace during the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London June 12, 2004. Britain put on one of its grandest annual shows of royal pageantry Saturday to officially mark Queen Elizabeth II's birthday. More than 1,000 soldiers in ceremonial marched and saluted the monarch in the Trooping the Colour ceremony at the Horseguards Parade ground near Buckingham Palace.