> Could you explain why there are official and unofficial birthdays?

This got me thinking immediately after I posted. If the Queen has official and unofficial birthdays, doesn't that necessarily mean she was born on different days, officially and unofficially? So, for part of the year, is she officially a different age than she is unofficially? Was she even born in the same year officially as unofficially? When she was young, (if there is even a drinking age in the UK) could she drink alcohol either officially or unofficially, but not both? If she had to be a certain age to assume her duties, then was she unofficially official before she was officially official, or vice versa? Does she invite only officials to her official birthday and people she actually likes to her unofficial birthday? Which one is her real birthday? If she gets an official and unofficial day of birth, does she get an official and unofficial day of death, too? Could she attend her own official funeral if she hadn't died yet? Could she preside and give the eulogy? What will her grave marker say for her birth and death dates? If the Queen had official and unofficial anniversaries, and thus an official and unofficial wedding day, would she have two honeymoons? Would she get two rings? Would she wear them both? This is too fun. I have to stop.

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