--- title: Royal Family Celebrates Easter and the Queen's Birthday in Style description: The royal family celebrates Easter Sunday on the Queen's 93rd birthday with a church service and a birthday song. canonical: https://time.com/5574787/royal-family-easter-2019-queen-birthday/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-04-21T13:26:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:46:07.911Z og:title: The Royal Family Gathered to Celebrate Easter WIth the Queen og:description: The occasion also marked Queen's 93rd birthday og:url: https://time.com/5574787/royal-family-easter-2019-queen-birthday/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt350077c0cf3c0f56/698948abdb29876281262338/gettyimages-1144145648.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: The Royal Family Attend Easter Service At St George's Chapel, Windsor og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Royal Family Gathered to Celebrate Easter WIth the Queen twitter:description: The occasion also marked Queen's 93rd birthday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt350077c0cf3c0f56/698948abdb29876281262338/gettyimages-1144145648.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Royal Family Celebrated a Festive Easter and the Queen's 93rd Birthday > Sponsored content. 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Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Peter Phillips, Autumn Phillips, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Zara Tindall, Mike Tindall, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge look on at Queen Elizebeth II attends Easter Sunday service at St George's Chapel on April 21, 2019 in Windsor, England. Samir Hussein—Samir Hussein/WireImage by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 21, 2019 1:26 PM UTC Talk about a double header. Members of the royal family joined [Queen Elizabeth for Easter service](http://time.com/5249561/prince-charles-call-queen-mummy/) at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle on Sunday, and it also happened to be her [93rd birthday](http://time.com/5248082/queen-elizabeth-two-birthdays/). Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and William, Duke of Cambridge stepped out in their Sunday best, with Kate Middleton sporting a pastel periwinkle Alexander McQueen coat dress with a matching hat. For her part, the birthday monarch wore a festive mint suit and matching hat topped off with a bright pink bow for the service. > [](https://twitter.com/RoyalReporter/status/1119901902660149248) [Meghan, Duchess of Sussex](http://time.com/5249606/prince-harry-meghan-markle-matching-outfits/), who is expecting her first baby due at the end of April, didn’t attend. However, she did have a birthday message to deliver to “Granny” on the newly minted Instagram account she shares with Prince Harry. “Happy Birthday Your Majesty, Ma’am, Granny. Wishing you the most wonderful day! Harry & Meghan,” they captioned a gallery of happy photos with the Queen, including throwback ones alongside Harry and William and newer snapshots with Meghan.  WINDSOR, ENGLAND - APRIL 21: Queen Elizabeth II departs the Easter Sunday service at St George's Chapel on April 21, 2019 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images) Eamonn M. McCormack—Getty Images Harry joined other royal family members such as Autumn Phillips and Peter Phillips, Princess Beatrice and her dad Prince Andrew, Sophie, Countess of Wessex and her husband, Prince Edward. Mike and Zara Tindall and Lady Louise Windsor also joined the festivities.  Catherine, Duchess of Cambridgeand Britain's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge arrive for the Easter Mattins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on April 21, 2019\. (KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/AFP/Getty Images) KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH—AFP/Getty Images It looks like Prince, George, Princess Charlotte and little Prince Louis sat this church service out as the little ones sometimes do.  WINDSOR, ENGLAND - APRIL 21: (L-R) Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Zara Tindall, Mike Tindall, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge greet Queen Elizabeth II as she arrives for the Easter Sunday service at St George's Chapel on April 21, 2019 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images) Eamonn M. McCormack—Getty Images At one point during the festivities, onlookers who came to pay tribute sang “Happy Birthday” to the Queen as she greeted everyone before departing in her car. > [](https://twitter.com/bbchelenalee/status/1119930875414708224) Here’s to the birthday Queen. > [](https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1119853180957933569) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5574787/royal-family-easter-2019-queen-birthday/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5574787/royal-family-easter-2019-queen-birthday/"},"headline":"The Royal Family Celebrated a Festive Easter and the Queen's 93rd Birthday","datePublished":"2019-04-21T13:26:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:46:07.911Z","description":"The royal family celebrates Easter Sunday on the Queen's 93rd birthday with a church service and a birthday song.","url":"https://time.com/5574787/royal-family-easter-2019-queen-birthday/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Holidays","royals","United Kingdom","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt350077c0cf3c0f56/698948abdb29876281262338/gettyimages-1144145648.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt350077c0cf3c0f56/698948abdb29876281262338/gettyimages-1144145648.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Royal Family Attend Easter Service At St George's Chapel, Windsor","caption":"The Royal Family Attend Easter Service At St George's Chapel, Windsor","creditText":"Samir Hussein—Samir Hussein/WireImage","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5574787/royal-family-easter-2019-queen-birthday/","name":"The Royal Family Celebrated a Festive Easter and the Queen's 93rd Birthday"}}]}] ```