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Trooping the Colour marks King's official birthday in London
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Trooping the Colour marks King's official birthday in London

From BBC News · () English

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  • Crowds gathered for the annual Trooping the Colour parade to celebrate King Charles III's official birthday.
  • The King and Queen traveled by carriage from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade, with senior royals riding on horseback.
  • The event concluded with a Red Arrows flypast, observed by the Royal Family from the Buckingham Palace balcony.

Thousands lined the streets of London on Saturday for the Trooping the Colour parade, a grand display marking King Charles III's official birthday. The King, alongside Queen Camilla, rode in a historic Ascot Landau carriage, a vehicle dating back to Queen Victoria's reign. Charles wore the uniform of the Grenadier Guards, featuring his mother Queen Elizabeth II's cypher.

Senior members of the Royal Family participated in the procession. The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Duke of Edinburgh, all royal colonels, rode on horseback. Other royals, including the Princess of Wales and her three children, as well as the Duchess of Edinburgh, traveled in separate carriages.

The traditional festivities culminated in a spectacular Red Arrows flypast. The Royal Family gathered on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch the aerial display, a fitting end to the annual celebration of the monarch's official birthday.

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