Long has lived the king.
King Charles III marked his 75th birthday Tuesday, and the royal family’s official social media accounts celebrated in the most modern way possible: With a photo post, emojis included, of course.
On Twitter and Instagram, the @RoyalFamily account pressed the crown and birthday cake emojis into the service of their monarch alongside the message “Wishing His Majesty The King a happy 75th birthday.” They created a jazzy little video of an animated photo book flipping through the past three-quarters of a century of all things Charles, from an infant in the arms of his mother, Queen Elizabeth, through a knee sock-clad child, Charles with then-wife Princess Diana holding Prince Harry and Prince William, all the way through his coronation as king.
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The virtual photo album features Diana twice, in two photos with the couple’s sons as babies, and the estranged Prince Harry is pictured with his father in happier times, like a 1997 trip the two took to South Africa.
Charles will reportedly celebrate his milestone birthday with a rousing day of work—launching the charitable Coronation Food Project—and a private celebration with friends and family in the very same place he was born those 75 years ago: Buckingham Palace. Charles was the first birth at the royal residence since 1886. On Monday, Charles was fêted a day early with a party at Highgrove. Then there’s also June’s Trooping the Colour, the country’s official celebration of the monarch’s birthday, because tradition dictates that it’s not really a party until a military parade is involved.
The official Instagram account for William and Kate Middleton also shared birthday well-wishes for the king, with a three-photo carousel beginning with a photo of William and his father with their arms slung over one another’s shoulders. Notably absent from all three slides: Little brother Harry, who also has a strained relationship with William after resigning as a senior royal in 2020.
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