Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her 96th birthday with a new royal portrait.
A few hours ahead of her milestone birthday on Thursday, the Royal Windsor Horse Show shared a photograph of the monarch
The picture, which was uploaded to the royal family’s official Instagram account, shows the queen holding the reins of her two ponies, Bybeck Katie and Bybeck Nightingale, while wearing a green, caped coat.
“Taken last month in the grounds of Windsor Castle, the photo is the fourth in a series of photos released by the Royal Windsor Horse Show, following images that celebrated the Golden Jubilee, the Platinum Jubilee and Her Majesty’s 90th Birthday,” the caption said.
The post also included a fun fact: the queen has attended every Royal Windsor Horse Show since 1943.
On Wednesday, Queen Elizabeth II traveled from Windsor Castle to her Sandringham estate in Norfolk "for a private break," a senior Buckingham Palace spokesperson confirmed to NBC News.
Her majesty will hold her grand celebration — the queen’s Platinum Jubilee — this summer, as June will mark 70 years since she ascended to the throne. The festivities will be held in London.
Prince Harry, who spoke with Hoda Kotb on TODAY Wednesday for an exclusive interview, revealed he does not know if he will be able to travel with his family to the U.K. for the jubilee.
“There’s lots of things, security issues and everything else,” he explained. “So this is what I’m trying to do — trying to make it possible that I can get my kids to meet her.”
He shared that he ensures “that she’s, you know, protected and got the right people around her.” Harry added that it was nice to catch up with his grandmother and make her laugh. “She’s always got a great sense of humor with me,” he said.
On Easter Sunday, the queen was also missing from Sunday service at St. George's Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle, which the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, attended.