--- description: The monarch turned 90 on April 21 title: Watch Queen Elizabeth's Most Iconic Moments image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0860d8ec7df69511/69889023428a9e183ccd2518/queen-elizabeth-90.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [U.K.](/tag/u-k/) ## U.K. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Queen Elizabeth's Most Iconic Moments by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) and [Joey Lautrup](/author/joey-lautrup/) Apr 21, 2016 12:40 PM CUT by [Tara John](/author/tara-john/) and [Joey Lautrup](/author/joey-lautrup/) Apr 21, 2016 12:40 PM CUT Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 90th birthday today, which is being commemorated with gun salutes in the U.K., a walkabout around her home in Windsor Castle and a special radio broadcast recorded by her son Charles, The Prince of Wales. The Queen has also become the first nonagenarian sovereign of the U.K. Not only did she help in the war effort during WWII, but has been monarch for long enough to enjoy a silver, golden and diamond jubilee. See some of the biggest moments from her life in the video above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4303085/watch-queen-elizabeths-most-iconic-moments/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4303085/watch-queen-elizabeths-most-iconic-moments/"},"headline":"Watch Queen Elizabeth's Most Iconic Moments","datePublished":"2016-04-21T12:40:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:57:07.442Z","description":"The monarch turned 90 on April 21","url":"https://time.com/4303085/watch-queen-elizabeths-most-iconic-moments/","keywords":["U.K.","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0860d8ec7df69511/69889023428a9e183ccd2518/queen-elizabeth-90.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tara John","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tara-john/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Joey Lautrup","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joey-lautrup/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0860d8ec7df69511/69889023428a9e183ccd2518/queen-elizabeth-90.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Queen Elizabeth II meets well wishers on a walk about around Windsor on her 90th Birthday on April 21, 2016 in Windsor, England.","caption":"Queen Elizabeth II meets well wishers on a walk about around Windsor on her 90th Birthday on April 21, 2016 in Windsor, England.","creditText":"Samir Hussein—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/u-k/","name":"U.K."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4303085/watch-queen-elizabeths-most-iconic-moments/","name":"Watch Queen Elizabeth's Most Iconic Moments"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Video Is No Longer Available","description":"The monarch turned 90 on April 21","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fKodeUO6/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2026-06-23T15:00:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fKodeUO6.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4303085/watch-queen-elizabeths-most-iconic-moments/","duration":"PT10S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4303085/watch-queen-elizabeths-most-iconic-moments/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```