Trooping the Colour WILL go ahead next month with King Charles in attendance - despite dozens of royal engagements being scrapped and reviewed due to the general election
- Mail previously revealed Charles may use carriage instead of riding horseback
Trooping the Colour will be going ahead next month - and His Majesty The King will attend.
Buckingham Palace has had to cancel and review dozens of forthcoming royal engagements as a result of the General Election, but it is now understood that the official celebrations of the sovereign’s birthday on Saturday June 15 are unaffected.
Royal aides are still working out what part the King will play.
As previously revealed by the Mail, Charles, 75, may use a carriage given his ongoing cancer treatment rather than take part on horseback.
King Charles pictured on the Buckingham Palace balcony during Trooping the Colour in June 2023. Trooping the Colour will be going ahead next month - and His Majesty The King will attend
King Charles pictured with Queen Camilla in a carriage for Ladies Day at Royal Ascot last June. As previously revealed by the Mail, Charles, 75, may use a carriage given his ongoing cancer treatment rather than take part on horseback
The King pictured on horseback at last June's Trooping the Colour. Last year, the King became the first monarch since the late Queen to saddle up for the parade but the day was tarnished by the animal's behaviour
The King pictured with Camilla leaving the London Clinic in January. Buckingham Palace has had to cancel and review dozens of forthcoming royal engagements as a result of the General Election
The Queen pictured at Trooping the Colour in a carriage in 2018. The late monarch rode horseback to the event until 1987. The palace is considering the possibility of Charles watching the military spectacular from a podium instead, having been driven from Buckingham Palace in a carriage as his late mother used to
While he is personally keen to ride his horse, Noble, a black mare which was a gift from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, there are also concerns about how strenuous this could be.
The palace is considering possibility of him watching the military spectacular from a podium instead, having been driven from Buckingham Palace in a carriage as his late mother used to.
Any decision will be dependent on medical advice, as well as issues such as the weather on the day.
Usually the monarch rides down from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade via The Mall to inspect the troops.
King Charles III salutes as he departs Buckingham Palace for the Trooping the Colour ceremony at Horse Guards Parade, central London, as he celebrated his first official birthday since becoming sovereign on June 17, 2023
King Charles III meeting Noble, the horse gifted to him by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police at The Royal Mews in Windsor on March 11, 2023
King Charles III (wearing his Welsh Guards uniform) watches an RAF flypast from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during Trooping the Colour last year. It's now understood the official celebrations of the sovereign’s birthday on Saturday June 15 are unaffected by the election
Charles attends a reception for the winners of The 20th Prince's Trust Awards at Buckingham Palace in London on Wednesday
Charles and Camilla attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace in London on May 15
The King returned to public duties this month with the blessing of his doctors. Pictured: King Charles and Queen Camilla in Buckingham Palace Gardens on April 10
He then rides back to the palace for the traditional balcony appearance with the wider Royal Family and flypast by the RAF.
Queen Elizabeth herself attended the event in a carriage after 1987.