On Her 90th, The Queen Went Green-Screen & the Internet Went Wild

Queen Elizabeth gave people the best present on her birthday: a chance to express their creativity.

On Saturday, the United Kingdom celebrated the Queen’s 90th birthday with the Trooping the Colour ceremony. The Queen had turned 90 in April but her official birthday is marked in June. The birthday girl managed to keep all the attention on her with a striking fluorescent green ensemble. The Queen broke all rules by dressing in the bright colour, which led many to remark that her clothes resembled the green screen used for SFX in movies.

Question for @queenelizabeth - @AshleyBruen wants to know your thought process when selecting your birthday outfit? pic.twitter.com/WbiMSpfkXx

— (((Sarah Mir))) (@SarahCMir) June 11, 2016

Thank you Queen Elizabeth for wearing a perfect green screen suit on your birthday. Now anyone can do whatever they like with your outfit.

— Timothy Bird (@timothybird186) June 11, 2016

You'd think in this day and age there was at least one person at Buckingham Palace to tell Queen Elizabeth she was wearing a green screen.

— Dili (@Dili) June 12, 2016

Unfortunately for the Queen, the green suit didn’t remain green for long... it became a canvas for people’s imagination. Internet users made the Queen wear batman’s outfit, her husband’s uniform, a burger, among other hilarious wardrobe changes. She even projected the weather and Stars Wars’ last scene.

Queen: "One rather likes the chroma green outfit."
Philip: "Seems fine darling, what could possibly go wrong?" pic.twitter.com/kAFbykwIQG

— James (@jrawson) June 11, 2016

Green Screen Queen 🍏 #TroopingtheColour #queenielimegreenie #happybirthdayliz #thequeen #queenat90 pic.twitter.com/NEZ786YCCc

— Rose Pilkington (@Rosetpilkington) June 11, 2016

Separated at birth #greenqueen pic.twitter.com/BGIZepbgoh

— Nicola Kemp-Simonds (@nicolasimonds) June 11, 2016

Nice of the Queen to wear a green screen for her birthday celebration...#Queenat90 pic.twitter.com/ozpWKMHbV9

— Jason R (@teacherace) June 11, 2016

@lexcanroar I thought it was for green screen purposes. So she can command the telly to suit her mood pic.twitter.com/mNg815EC8Z

— Aron Brown (@daddyinvincible) June 11, 2016

According to me, Queen Elizabeth looked rather cute in her feisty green outfit. At least she managed to keep the spotlight on her, lest it be stolen by her adorable great-grandchildren!

Green screen chroma keying Queen #greenqueen #green #queen pic.twitter.com/1z6U0sT4yi

— Jon Davey (@jondavey007) June 11, 2016