Queen Elizabeth's birthday and Royal Mail's anniversary

Queen Elizabeth is celebrating her 90th birthday! And Royal Mail is joining the celebration by issuing a series of special stamps featuring the royal family and highlights from the Queen's long reign. This is also the 500th anniversary of Royal Mail. As part of the Royal Mail celebration, Queen Elizabeth's local postal depot was renamed in her honour.

The Queen's special stamp series is creating excitement all over the world. Above, one of the special series showing the queen at key moments in her nine decades. Media outlets everywhere are featuring the stamp which shows handsome Prince George with his father, grandfather and great-grandmother.

#HappyBirthdayYourMajesty appeared all over social media as hundreds of thousands of people joined in the celebration. Adding to the festive atmosphere, global coverage (online and in traditional media) showed the Queen lighting the beacons and cutting the cake, amongst many memorable scenes from a momentous day.

Marketing fit for a Queen

Cunard is getting ready to launch its newest Queen Elizabeth oceanliner, with a major marketing campaign and a naming ceremony featuring the real Queen Elizabeth. This is an exciting new cruise ship and its maiden voyage sold out in only 30 minutes.

Marketing support includes Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, public relations promotions of all sorts and much more, leading up to next week's official naming and launch of the new QE ship.

Cunard's parent, Carnival, has seen profit increase as it continues its marketing strategy of differentiating its cruise brands for specific target markets. The new Queen Elizabeth will only reinforce the Cunard brand's upmarket image and British roots. Marketing fit for a Queen!