Members of The Royal Family depart Buckingham Palace as they travel towards Horse Guards Parade for Trooping the Colour. #PlatinumJubilee #HM70 pic.twitter.com/vwJsVu6mzZ
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) June 2, 2022
Members of The Royal Family depart Buckingham Palace as they travel towards Horse Guards Parade for Trooping the Colour. #PlatinumJubilee #HM70 pic.twitter.com/vwJsVu6mzZ
— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) June 2, 2022
The Sovereign’s birthday is officially celebrated by the ceremony of Trooping the Colour (King’s Birthday Parade). In 2023, this impressive display of pageantry will take place on Saturday 17th June by Regiments of the Household Division, on Horse Guards Parade, with His Majesty King Charles III attending and taking the salute, just over a month after his Coronation.
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King Charles Ill will hold the appointment of Colonel-in-Chief of the Regiments of Household Division. Each Regiment has a Colonel who is normally either a member of the Royal Family or a senior officer. The King has appointed three new Royal Colonels within the Foot Guards, announced today:
- Colonel of The Grenadier Guards – Queen Camilla
- Colonel of The Welsh Guards – The Prince of Wales
- Colonel of The Irish Guards – The Princess of Wales
Embed from Getty ImagesOn horseback for the National Anthem #TroopingTheColour #PlatinumJubilee pic.twitter.com/JQ7zUD2Hu3
— Rebecca English (@RE_DailyMail) June 2, 2022
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On horseback for the National Anthem #TroopingTheColour #PlatinumJubilee pic.twitter.com/JQ7zUD2Hu3
— Rebecca English (@RE_DailyMail) June 2, 2022There will be no change to the existing Colonelcies of the other Regiments within the Household Division, which will remain as below:
- Colonel, Blue and Royals – The Princess Royal
- Colonel, Scots Guards – The Duke of Kent
- Colonel, Life Guards – Lieutenant General Sir Ed Smyth-Osbourne
- Colonel, Coldstream Guards – Lieutenant General Sir James Bucknall
Buckingham Palace announces the date for the first King's Birthday Parade of Charles III's reign – Saturday 17 June 2023 – and the appointment of three royal colonels:
• Grenadier Guards - The Queen
• Welsh Guards - The Prince of Wales
• Irish Guards - The Princess of Wales pic.twitter.com/7CLv9W6IpR
— Majesty/Joe Little (@MajestyMagazine) December 22, 2022
Buckingham Palace announces the date for the first King's Birthday Parade of Charles III's reign – Saturday 17 June 2023 – and the appointment of three royal colonels:
• Grenadier Guards - The Queen
• Welsh Guards - The Prince of Wales
• Irish Guards - The Princess of Wales pic.twitter.com/7CLv9W6IpR