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| | CNN.com - Queen's birthday celebrations begin - Apr 18, 2006 |
 | | Despite an apparent request from the queen herself for her 80th birthday celebrations on April 21 to be low-key, a number of events are taking place this week, with more planned around her "official" birthday on June 17. |
 | | On Wednesday, the queen and her husband, Prince Philip, 84, host a reception and lunch at Buckingham Palace in central London for others who also celebrate their 80th birthday on the same day. |
 | | The queen's eldest son, heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, 57, then hosts a family dinner in her honor later that evening, the last event before a Service of Thanksgiving in St George's Chapel, Windsor, on Sunday. |
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