Queen Camilla is the Colonel of the Grenadier Guards.
With lower than every week to go till Trooping the Color, the ultimate gown rehearsal happened on the Mall in London right this moment as over 1,400 troopers paraded between Buckingham Palace and Horse Guards Parade.
The time period Trooping the Color refers back to the act of parading the flag of that 12 months’s chosen regiment. It’s the Grenadier Guards’ flip at this 12 months’s parade, who’ve the Queen as their Colonel.
Nonetheless, as a result of Peter Phillips’ and Harriet Sperling’s wedding ceremony, in addition to her attendance on the Epsom Derby, Camilla, 78, was not current to take the Colonel’s salute. She was as an alternative represented by Main Basic Commanding the Family Division, Main Basic James Bowderas, who acted as her Inspecting Officer.
The Queen took over the colonelcy in December 2022. Earlier than her, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor held the place from the time that his father, Prince Philip, retired in 2017 till January 2022, when he was formally stripped of his army roles.
Often known as The King’s Birthday Parade, Trooping the Color marks the official birthday of the sovereign, fairly than their precise birthday, which in King Charles’s case falls on November 14. Whereas it had been held in the course of the reign of King Charles II, it grew to become an annual occasion in 1760 after King George III’s accession and has taken place virtually yearly since.
The regiments of the Foot Guards have their ultimate gown rehearsal
The Family Division took half of their ultimate gown rehearsal forward of Trooping the Color right this moment. Dressed of their conventional crimson tunics and bearskin caps, the 5 regiments that make up the Foot Guards paraded from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade forward of subsequent Saturday’s celebration to mark the monarch’s official birthday.
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The guards arrive on Horse Guards
That is the ultimate gown rehearsal earlier than Trooping the Color subsequent Saturday. Often known as The King’s Birthday Parade, Trooping the Color marks the official birthday of the sovereign, fairly than their precise birthday, which in King Charles’s case falls on November 14. Whereas it had been held in the course of the reign of King Charles II, it grew to become an annual occasion in 1760 after King George III’s accession.
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The parade is inspected
The time period Trooping the Color refers back to the act of parading the flag of that 12 months’s chosen regiment. It’s the Grenadier Guards’ flip at this 12 months’s parade, who’ve the Queen as their Colonel. The Grenadier Guards are a part of the Family Division, which is made up of two regiments of the Family Cavalry (the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals) and 5 regiments of Foot Guards (the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards and Welsh Guards).
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Troops collect for the ultimate gown rehearsal
The Queen took over the colonelcy of the Grenadier Guards in December 2022. Earlier than her, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor held the place from the time that his father, Prince Philip, retired in 2017 till January 2022, when he was formally stripped of his army roles. On the time of the announcement, it was additionally confirmed that the Princess of Wales would turn into the Colonel of the Irish Guards, and the Prince of Wales was taking on his father’s function as Colonel of the Welsh Guards.
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The carriage the King and Queen will journey in appeared within the parade
The carriage that the King and Queen will journey to the parade floor in additionally appeared within the procession. King Charles made the choice to begin travelling in a carriage, fairly than experience on horseback, one 12 months into his reign. Earlier than that, he would have ridden within the parade alongside the opposite Royal Colonel’s, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal and the Duke of Edinburgh.
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