LondonLife – Trooping the Colour…

The annual King’s Birthday Parade, also known as Trooping the Colour, was held on Saturday in central London. The event saw 1,500 soldiers and hundreds of horses from the Household Division carry out complex drill manoeuvres to a programme of music and concluded with a 41 Gun Salute in Green Park, a 62 Gun Salute at Tower of London, and a flypast of military aircraft over Buckingham Palace.

Coldstream Guards musicians preparing for Trooping the Colour at Wellington Barracks. PICTURE: Cpl Jamie Ayling/UK MOD © Crown copyright 2026
March past of The Household Cavalry Regiment on the parade ground. PICTURE: Cpl Christian P Delice/UK MOD © Crown copyright 2026
King Charles III salutes the Regimental Colour during Trooping the Colour. PICTURE: SSgt Donald C Todd/UK MOD © Crown copyright 2026
Some of the over 300 musicians from the Massed Bands marching down the Mall towards Buckingham Palce for the march past. PICTURE: Sergeant Anil Gurung/UK MOD © Crown copyright 2026
The Royal Family wave to the crowds from the Buckingham Palace balcony after Trooping the Colour. PICTURE: SSgt Donald C Todd/UK MOD © Crown copyright 2026
Nine Hawk jets from the Red Arrows making smoke on route to His Majesty the King’s Birthday flypast over Buckingham Palace. PICTURE: AS1 Emily Muir/UK MOD © Crown copyright 2026

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