FILE - Britain's Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, flanked by her two daughters, Queen Elizabeth II, left and Princess Margaret, appears on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London on Monday, May 8, 1995, to greet crowds gathered below as part of the celebrations commemorating VE Day and the end of World War II in Europe. The balcony appearance is the centerpiece of almost all royal celebrations in Britain, a chance for the public to catch a glimpse of the family assembled for a grand photo to mark weddings, coronations and jubilees. (AP Photo/Max Nash, File)