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Trooping the Colour Honors Air India Victims as Kate Middleton Returns

Senior royals wore black armbands in tribute to Air India crash victims during a ceremony featuring the RAF’s first sustainable fuel flypast.

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Overview

  • King Charles III rode in an Ascot Landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla and saluted parading troops as he continues cancer treatment.
  • A minute’s silence opened the parade to honor the 241 passengers and crew killed in the Ahmedabad Boeing 787 crash.
  • The Princess of Wales resumed her role as Colonel of the Irish Guards, joining King Charles and their children on the parade dais and Buckingham Palace balcony.
  • More than 1,400 soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians took part in the procession before the Red Arrows performed a sustainable aviation fuel flypast.
  • Prince William led mounted contingents on horseback while seven-year-old Prince Louis delighted spectators with repeated waves from the palace balcony.