Prince of Wales takes salute on his mother’s behalf while flag-waving crowd enjoys parade and flypast
Working royals only were to join the Queen on the balcony, she had decreed “after careful consideration”. On show as the Red Arrows roared over the palace trailing red, white and blue smoke above a cheering, flag-waving crowd were Charles and Camilla, William and Kate, Edward and Sophie, and Anne and her husband, Tim Laurence, joined by the less familiar faces of the Queen’s other working relatives, and the Cambridge and Wessex children.
The flypast of more than 70 aircraft including Apache helicopters, Typhoons and the Red Arrows thundered over a packed Mall, wheretransforming it into a sea of red, white and blue. Union flag sellers did brisk business outside nearby tube stations. Cardboard crowns and corgis were popular. A small number of especially devout royal fans had camped overnight to secure the best vantage points.
Taking part were more than 1,400 soldiers and 250 horses from the British army’s Household Division. On this occasion the colour of the 1st Battalion The Irish Guards was trooped, led by their mascot, an Irish wolfhound called Seamus, in front of 7,500 ticketed spectators on Horse Guards Parade and another 7,000 at the Queen Victoria Memorial outside Buckingham Palace.
Boris Johnson tweeted his congratulations and thanked the Queen for her “unwavering duty and service”. He added: “Vivat Regina Elizabetha! God Save The Queen!”
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