Queen's 90th birthday: Five highlights from the weekend

Prince Philip loses his patience and Prince Harry takes after his father as they join the three-day celebrations

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Beginning with a service at St Paul's Cathedral on Friday and ending with a picnic lunch for 10,000 outside Buckingham Palace on Sunday, it has been a packed weekend of festivities to mark the Queen's 90th birthday.

Here are a few of the more unusual highlights:

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