Overview

• King Charles III remained seated in the Ascot Landau instead of riding his horse after doctors advised against mounted duties amid his cancer treatment.
• Members of the royal family and military personnel wore black mourning armbands and paused for a minute of silence to commemorate the June 12 Air India crash victims.
• Princess of Wales Catherine rode alongside her three children—George, Charlotte and Louis—marking her first Trooping appearance since declaring cancer remission.
• Prince William and Princess Anne led troops on horseback during the parade while Prince Harry was absent from the Buckingham Palace balcony.
• At the ceremony’s conclusion, the king conferred a knighthood on David Beckham and presented several other honors to community and cultural figures.