On the fifth day of Holy Week, The Queen and her granddaughter, Princess Eugenie, have attended the traditional Royal Maundy service inWindsor.

She handed out the Maundy money to 93 men and women - one for each of her 93 years.

The Queen celebrates her birthday this year on Easter Sunday.

The Royal Maundy Service one of the most ancient ceremonies still observed by the Church of England.

Maundy Thursday is the day before Easter when Christians around the world commemorate the Last Supper of Jesus with the Apostles.

The Queen, in a bright yellow outfit on a warm April morning at St George's Chapel, distributed two purses to each recipient.

The red purse contained a £5 coin, which commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria and a 50p coin portraying SherlockHolmes.

The white purse contained minted Maundy Money coins which equals the number of years of the Monarch's age.

The alms dishes she uses for the Maundy Money date back to the time of King Charles II.

Her first Maundy service as Monarch was at Westminster Abbey in 1952 but it has been held as far north as Carlisle (1978) and as southwest asTruro (1994).

She also held Royal Maundy in Wales at St David's (1982) and in Northern Ireland at Armagh (2008).

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Royal Maundy dates back centuries. Some of the specifics of the traditional service have changed but it still involves individuals receiving giftsfrom the monarch.

Mary Gillick's effigy of the Queen appeared on the first coins during her reign in 1953. They differ from standard circulating coins like thoseproduced now with the fifth portrait of the monarch.

On Thursday, each of the 186 elderly people, selected in recognition of their service to the Church and local community, received a red and whitepurse.

Every red purse held a 2019 UK £5 coin celebrating the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth and a 2019 UK 50p coin portraying SherlockHolmes in commemoration of the 160th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birth.

White purses included silver Maundy coins with their face values adding up to 93 pence for the Queen's age on Sunday.

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