The 100th birthday of Her Majesty Elizabeth, Queen Mother of England, was observed Aug. 4 in many places in the Anglican Communion.

At Washington National Cathedral, prayers and flowers in War Memorial Chapel honored the queen mother, and visitors were able to enter birthday greetings into a register which was to be presented to the British Embassy.

At Christ Anglican Church in Lausanne, Switzerland, the birthday was observed Aug. 6 with Choral Evensong sung by the choirs of Vaud and Geneva Anglican churches, according to the Rev. Canon Samir J. Habiby, chaplain.