UK Queen's 90th birthday celebrated with Nadiya's cake

Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 90th birthday yesterday with a family gathering and a cake baked by a Bangladeshi-born reality television star.

The longest-serving British Monarch greeted thousands of well-wishers from across Britain and beyond as she celebrated her the special occasion, demonstrating the world's oldest monarch's intent to keep doing the job she has performed for more than six decades.

The sovereign, who has been on the throne since 1953, emerged from Windsor Castle dressed in a lime green outfit and matching hat to accept presents and flowers from hundreds of well-wishers.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II greets wellwishers during a 'walkabout' on her 90th birthday in Windsor, west of London, yesterday. Britain yesterday celebrated the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II with tributes to a popular monarch who has steered it through the decline of empire and a wave of scandals to the Internet age. Photo: AFP

At an event in Windsor's town hall, the queen was presented with a cake baked by Nadiya Jamir Hussain, the winner of the "Great British Bake Off", a hugely popular television cooking competition.

The Muslim mother-of-three presented the orange drizzle cake, with orange curd and orange butter cream, to the queen personally.

The Queen cut a piece of her birthday cake prepared to the tune of another rendition of Happy Birthday.

Nadiya was asked by Buckingham Palace to make a cake for Her Majesty's 90th birthday and since then she has been in her kitchen at home working on the creation.

Born on April 21, 1926, Elizabeth shows no signs of retiring let alone abdicating.

An Ipsos MORI poll last week found 70 percent wanted her to stay queen compared to 21 percent who thought she should abdicate or retire.