There had been no guarantee that either the King or the Princess of Wales would make an appearance at Trooping the Colour, yet here was the royal family united.
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis watched the flypast. The Prince and Princess of Wales watched them.
Although preparations had been made in private, Catherine’s decision was not made public until less than 24 hours before Trooping the Colour began.And it was only taken after the princess, who says she has “good days and bad days”, judged she had enough energy for the long outing. The princess, travelling from Windsor, shared a back seat with her husband and Prince George, with Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis facing them as they waved and smiled their way through the gates to prepare for the big day.Behind the scenes, as shown later in a video released by Kensington Palace, the princess rearranged her daughter’s hair as the children – in co-ordinated, military-themed outfits – waited nervously for their carriage to arrive.
William, Prince of Wales and Edward, Duke of Edinburgh were on horseback too – the former only just recognisable under the bearskin of his ceremonial uniform of the Welsh Guards. As the long-rehearsed spectacle of Trooping the Colour began in earnest, the King and Queen took their places on a dais, with the non-riding members of the family watching from the Major General’s Office above.
Puddles formed around the parade ground, and the sovereign’s mounted escort, formed by troops from the Household Cavalry’s Life Guards and Blues and Royals, put their best hooves forward for the journey back to Buckingham Palace.In the rear rank was Tennyson, one of the five horses injured when they ran through the streets of London after being spooked by construction noise while on a training exercise in April.
As sunshine followed storms, the King and his supporting cast appeared – a metaphor not lost on those who have worried about the royal family’s challenges this year.
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