Thousands Watch Trooping the Colour in London

Thousands of spectators lined the capital’s streets for the annual ceremony on Saturday, attended by King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Also in attendance were Prince William, Princess Catherine and their children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis — who greeted crowds from the Buckingham Palace balcony. Crowds gathered in central London for the Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark King Charles III’s official birthday.

Trooping the Colour features more than 1,400 members of the armed forces, as well as 200 horses and 400 musicians. The monarch and Queen Camilla travelled in an open-top carriage, passing thousands of people lining the route from Buckingham Palace down The Mall to Horse Guards Parade. The 31-aircraft flypast left a trail of red, white and blue smoke — a display of colour by pilots from the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows. Aircraft from the armed forces have a long and proud history of taking part in the occasion, with the first King’s Birthday flypast taking place in 1913.

Among the supporters, protesters from the Not My King movement attempted to disrupt the event. Demonstrators chanted "not my king " and "down with the crown" while holding pictures of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was stripped of his royal titles by King Charles III.