Queen Elizabeth's birthday has CBC looking back to Stampede trip in 1959

Check outa young Queen Elizabeth'sexcitementas she and Prince Philip watch the chuckwagon races at the Calgary Stampede during the first of four royal visits to the cityback in 1959.

The Queen turns 90 today.

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To mark the occasion, CBC Calgary went back into our archival footage to pull some video highlights from that July 1959 trip.

Her every detail was relayed breathlessly to riveted royal-watchers: "Her Majesty is wearing a yellow and moss green printed silk shantung dress with three-quarter-length sleeves, a portrait neckline and a draped skirt."

About 35,000 people turned out to sing God Save the Queen.

At the end of their visit, then-mayorDonald Hugh Mackay presented the pair with bracelets for the Queen and Princess Anne, as well as belt buckles for Prince Philip and Prince Charles.

The Queen also visited Calgary in 1973, 1990 and 2005.

Do you have memories of seeing the Queen on one of her visits to Calgary? Share your memories and tell us what it meant to you in the comments section below.

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