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Trooping the Colour, Horseguards Parade, Central London, June 2013. Trooping the Colour is a ceremonial event performed every year on Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom, by regiments of Household Division, to celebrate the official birthday of the British sovereign. [1] It is also known as the Sovereign's Birthday Parade.
This year, Trooping the Colour officially kicked off at 10:30 a.m., but troops started to gather in London at 10:00 a.m. ahead of the royal family’s departure from Buckingham Palace. The ...
With a guest list of thousands, the Trooping the Colour is one of the most anticipated royal events of the year -- but the little ones stole the show. Of course, Prince George and Princess ...
This is a list of the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, from 1890 to the present. The first Trooping the Colour on Horse Guards Parade took place on 4 June 1805. [1] In 1895 two Troopings were performed, on consecutive days, by different battalions of the Scots Guards at Windsor Castle and Horse Guards Parade. [2]
The first Trooping the Colour of a new decade, and it was extremely eventful. With royal weddings, new Princes and Princesses being born, and a few scandals, the 2010s would be a decade of change ...
Since 2009, however, Trooping the Colours is not held, however the oath taking part of the ceremony is retained, plus the ceremonial march-in and march-out of the troops and the Massed Bands, the Royal Salutes and the Royal 21-Gun Salute. The parade itself came back in 2014 after a 5-year break, but this time before the King's birthday ...
The Trooping of the Colour -- a 260-year tradition marking the monarch's official birthday celebration that includes a massive parade comprised of soldiers, horses and musicians -- is embedded in ...