One of the perks for Elizabeth II of being the Queen was that she got to have two birthdays.
Over her reign she actually celebrated her birthday over 140 times owing to the fact she had two. But will her son, the newly proclaimed Prince Charles get the same privilege?
To answer this question we need to understand why the Queen had two birthdays in the first place. The tradition of the King or Queen celebrating two birthdays goes all the way back to 1748, during the reign of King George II.
