2023 Trooping the Colour
trooping colour held june soldier horse musician took part ceremony first held king charles iii reign first official birthday parade began british summer time bst first time since monarch ridden horseback ceremony king accompanied horseback william prince wale prince edward duke edinburgh anne princess royal senior member royal family including queen camilla catherine princess wale sophie duchess edinburgh rode carriage horse guard parade five regiment foot guard participated parade alongside two regiment household cavalry colour trooped welsh guard parade first following shift honorary colonelcies foot guard december queen camilla replaced prince andrew duke york colonel grenadier guard prince william became colonel welsh guard princess wale took husband former role colonel irish guard duke edinburgh rode capacity colonel london guard reserve regiment formed may following trooping horse guard parade royal family took part return procession escorted back buckingham palace king troop royal horse artillery fired gun salute st james park tower london honourable artillery company fired gun pm royal family made balcony appearance watched flypast event originally scheduled coronation may curtailed poor weather seventy aircraft three armed service participated contingrent helicopter followed supermarine spitfire hawker hurricane avro lancaster battle britain memorial flight notable element flypast included three c hercules transport last mission retirement eighteen eurofighter typhoon flying cr formation final element consisted newest raf aircraft dassault envoy iv vip transport flanked red arrow display team trailing red white blue smoke 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 descendant king maternal greatgrandfather king george v family duke duchess gloucester king maternal first cousin removed wife duke kent king maternal first cousin removed