Dubai honors the Queen on her 94th birthday with something special

The Queen celebrated her 94th birthday yesterday. For the first time, all the celebrations were canceled all the celebrations to avoid the spread of coronavirus. However, Dubai did something special for the royal Queen.

Burj Khalifa in Dubai beamed the British flag yesterday night to pay homage to the Queen on her birthday.

نضيء #برج_خليفة الليلة احتفاءً بيوم ميلاد الملكة إليزابيث الثانية#BurjKhalifa
lights up to honour the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II pic.twitter.com/saBQHKPAdo

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— atthetop_tweets (@BurjKhalifa) April 21, 2020

British Ambassador to the UAE Patrick Moody shared the photo of Burj Khalifa brightened with the British flag.

He shared the photo on Twitter and wrote the caption, “A special day as we mark the birthday of HM The Queen. Sorry, we couldn’t celebrate with all our friends in UAE as we normally do each year. But thank you for showing our flag. Your friendship to the U.K. is treasured now more than ever,”

A special day as we mark the birthday of HM The Queen. Sorry we couldn’t celebrate with all our friends in UAE as we normally do each year. But thank you for showing our flag. Your friendship to the U.K. is treasured now more than ever. pic.twitter.com/ukoN5mpCIE

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— Patrick Moody (@PatrickMoodyFCO) April 21, 2020

Earlier, the Royal family twitter account shared footage of the Queen’s childhood and thanked the wishes the public gave.

It said, “To those of you also celebrating your birthdays today at home, with or without your loved ones – we send you many happy returns,”

Thank you for your messages today, on The Queen’s 94th birthday. 🎈🎉

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🎥 In this private footage from @RCT, we see The Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, with her family, including her younger sister Princess Margaret. pic.twitter.com/T5IUS8MmQj

— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) April 21, 2020