Trooping the Colour (King’s Birthday Parade): 17 June

Photo credit: © Rachel Clarke, CC BY-ND 2.0

This Saturday will see King Charles III’s first Trooping the Colour (also known as the King’s Official Birthday Parade).

The procession will leave from Buckingham Palace and will travel down The Mall to Horse Guard’s Parade. It will include over 1,400 soldiers, 200 horses, 400 musicians, and members of the Royal Family in carriages and on horseback.

The display will be concluded with an RAF fly-past which the Royal Family will watch from Buckingham Palace’s iconic balcony.

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