Queen Elizabeth, who turns 94 on Tuesday, will be ringing in her birthday without any pomp or party this year as the world faces the coronavirus pandemic.

She has asked that there be no gun salutes to mark her special day and has chosen not to celebrate, the BBC and Harper's Bazaar UK reported, both citing unnamed Buckingham Palace officials.

USA TODAY has reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment.

Gun salutes – firing blanks to mark special occasions – are typically made in various locations across the country, according to Reuters. The queen has deemed the action inappropriate due to the circumstances.

The United Kingdom has had close to 110,000 positive cases of coronavirus, and 14,576 people have died as of Saturday morning, according to Johns Hopkins data. Britain is in the fourth week of a national lockdown, which will continue for at least three more weeks.

Princes Charles, the queen's 71-year-old son and heir to the crown, tested positive for COVID-19 last month after displaying mild symptoms.

Chris Ship, the royal editor at British television outlet ITV News, tweeted Saturday that this is the first time in her 68-year reign the queen has made a request like this.

Ship added in a later tweet that a Buckingham Palace source gave him the "bottom line": The palace "will not be marking Her Majesty’s birthday in any special way."

In March, Buckingham Palace announced that the annual Trooping the Colour parade, the popular celebration of the queen's official birthday, will not go ahead "in its traditional form" in June.

"A number of other options are being considered, in line with relevant guidance," the palace statement said. The queen turns 94 on April 21, but her birthday is celebrated in June when the weather is usually better.

Last Saturday, the queen delivered an Easter message in a two-minute video posted to the British royal family's social media accounts, hoping to lift spirits for the millions worldwide stuck at home for the holiday because of COVID-19.

"We know that coronavirus will not overcome us. As dark as death can be – particularly for those suffering with grief – light and life are greater," the Queen said in the April 11 address.

The Easter message was her second address on coronavirus, following a televised address that aired on April 5.

“I am speaking to you at what I know is an increasingly challenging time,” the queen said in prerecorded remarks from Windsor Castle, where she has been since March. “A time of disruption in the life of our country, a disruption that has brought grief to some, financial difficulties to many and enormous changes to the daily lives of us all. ... I hope in the years to come, everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded to this challenge. And those who come after us will say that the Britons of this generation were as strong as any."

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Contributing: Gary Dinges, Hannah Yasharoff, Anika Reed, Associated Press