From the BBC:
“Trooping the Colour: Royals celebrate King Charles's first
birthday parade”
King Charles III has taken part in his first Trooping the
Colour since becoming monarch. Princes Louis and George and Princess Charlotte
joined other royals on the Buckingham Palace balcony to watch a flypast in
honour of their grandfather's official birthday. In a surprise tribute,
airplanes were used to spell out the King's initials, CR. Thousands watched the
event at Horse Guard's Parade and the Mall in London. The royals watched an
extended military flypast after the display on coronation day had to be scaled
down due to bad weather. Around 70 aircraft from the Royal Navy, British Army
and Royal Air Force took part - including aircraft from the Battle of Britain
Memorial Flight, the C-130 Hercules on its final ceremonial flight, modern
Typhoon fighter jets with a red, white and blue finale from the Red Arrows. A
sea of mobile phones were spotted among the crowds, with many holding them up
in the air to capture the moment. The Trooping the Colour is part of the annual
calendar of big royal events and for the first time, it was with King Charles
in the leading role. There may have been a moment of poignancy for the King
too. Just a year ago, at the Platinum Jubilee, it had been his mother on the
same balcony, appearing before the crowds.
The King took has part in his first Trooping the Colour as
monarch on horseback. The King's horse appeared to be a little skittish at the
start, but calmed down as the event went on. It is the first time a monarch has
ridden on horseback at the event in 30 years, when the late Queen rode her
horse, Burmese, in 1986. He was joined by the other royal Colonels on horseback
- the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal. The Duke of Edinburgh also rode
during the ceremony in his role as Colonel of the 1st Battalion London Guards. The
ceremony started at Buckingham Palace, with the King and senior royals
travelling down The Mall towards Horse Guards Parade. The colour - or
regimental flag - was then trooped in front of hundreds of Guardsmen and
officers from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards. There was music and marching
while the King carried out an inspection of the soldiers - moving slowly along
the line as they stand in formation. After he coursed through the Mall, the
King received the royal salute as the Colonel-in-Chief of the Household
Division's regiments. The senior royals on horseback were joined by the Queen,
the Princess of Wales and her children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and
Prince Louis, who travelled in a carriage to support their grandfather.
^ This was a nice ceremony to see (on TV.) ^
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