Happy 90th Birthday Your Majesty from Formby

Formby celebrates the Queen's 90th Birthday today by raising the flag at Formby Library.

The flag has not been seen flying at the library for quite some time due to it being old and frayed and a replacement is on order but not yet arrived.

Bernie Prescott, one of the Parish Councillors from FRAG has saved the day by borrowing a flag to put up on this special occasion. The staff at the library were only too pleased to help fly the flag for their monarch.

In the photo from left is: Sarah, Louisa and Ian earlier today.

Formby Parish Council have plans to erect a permanent flag pole at the memorial gardens in Formby village which should hopefully all be sorted by November 13th for Remembrance events.

Celebrations are taking place around the country on the day the Queen turns 90.

Crowds lined the streets in Windsor as the monarch took part in a walkabout, and royal gun salutes have been fired from each of the UK's capital cities.

The Prince of Wales recorded a special radio broadcast for the day, in which he read an edited passage from William Shakespeare's Henry VIII.

On Twitter, the Queen thanked senders of "#HappyBirthdayYourMajesty" tweets.

Follow the day's live events as Queen turns 90

In another tweet, the Queen said: "I send my best wishes to those who are celebrating their 90th birthday... on this shared occasion, I send my warm congratulations to you."

The Queen, who was accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh during her tour in Windsor, was presented with a birthday cake at the Guildhall by the Great British Bake Off champion Nadiya Hussain, who had created an orange drizzle cake with a butter cream and marmalade filling.

The monarch unveiled a plaque marking The Queen's Walkway - a 6.3km trail that links 63 significant points in Windsor.

The trail was designed to recognise the moment on 9 September 2015 that the monarch broke the record held by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria, by being on the throne for 63 years and seven months.

Happy 90th Birthday Your Majesty - from Formby