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Trooping the Colour Marks King Charles’s Birthday With Solemn Air India Crash Tribute

Charles watched the parade from a carriage on doctors’ advice during his cancer treatment

Overview

  • Royals held a minute of silence and wore black armbands to honour more than 240 victims of the Air India crash
  • King Charles observed the parade from a carriage rather than riding horseback because of his ongoing cancer treatment
  • Princess Kate made her first full participation since her cancer remission, arriving in a turquoise Catherine Walker ensemble
  • The ceremony involved over 1,400 soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians and concluded with a Royal Air Force flypast
  • Princes George, Charlotte and Louis joined the pageantry, greeting spectators from the royal carriage and later the Buckingham Palace balcony