2024 Trooping the Colour
trooping colour ceremony held saturday june celebrate official birthday king charles iii apart charles second trooping colour ceremony since accession throne ceremony occurred shortly returned official duty receiving cancer diagnosis treatment ongoing buckingham palace confirmed may charles would attend ceremony would inspect troop seated ascot landau carriage alongside queen camilla rather traditional inspection done horseback also announced princess wales role inspecting officer colonel review parade take place week trooping colour ceremony would taken military officer lt gen james bucknall princess continued absent public duty recovering cancer colonel review took place june ahead event princess wrote letter irish guard apologising absence wishing regiment good luck although attend colonel review eve trooping ceremony announced princess would attendance part carriage parade child member royal family waving balcony buckingham palace first public appearance since cancer diagnosis king queen prince princess wale king son daughterinlaw prince george wale king grandson princess charlotte wale king granddaughter prince louis wale king grandson princess royal vice admiral sir timothy laurence king sister brotherinlaw duke duchess edinburgh king brother sisterinlaw lady louise mountbattenwindsor king niece descendant king maternal greatgrandfather king george v family duke duchess gloucester king maternal first cousin removed wife duke kent king maternal first cousin removed