{"id":735206,"date":"2026-06-14T02:59:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T02:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/735206\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T02:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T02:59:23","slug":"uk-celebrates-king-charless-official-birthday-with-trooping-the-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/735206\/","title":{"rendered":"UK celebrates King Charles&#8217;s official birthday with Trooping the Colour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Crowds have gathered in central London for the Trooping the Colour ceremony to mark King Charles III&#8217;s official birthday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Thousands of spectators lined the capital&#8217;s streets for the annual ceremony on Saturday, which was attended by King Charles III and Queen Camilla.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">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.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The British royal family in official dress stand on a balcony waving to a crowd.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/546493123fdb478f9f6b852cddf18229.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/> The royals watch the Red Arrows fly-past from the Buckingham Palace balcony.(AP Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth)<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The king and queen in traditional dress sit in a carriage while the king waves.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8495cdefeefc6e17c4a4e3aaf8291abe.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/> The king and queen rode in an Ascot Landau carriage, which was bought during the reign of Queen Victoria.(AP Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth)<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The king and queen in a horse drawn carriage followed by British footguards in bearskin hats.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/87b0e69201f3cab5b2c14cd5dce066e2.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/> The king wore the Grenadier Guards uniform, which features the cypher of Queen Elizabeth II.\u00a0(AP Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth)<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jets fly over a palace in a clear blue sky leaving a trail of red, white and blue smoke behind them.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/f1a79c2f2ce79b9d69415cb27105bb00.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/> Planes of the Royal Air Force perform a fly-past over Buckingham Palace.(AP Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The monarch and Queen Camilla travelled in an open top carriage, driving past thousands of people lining the route from Buckingham Palace down The Mall to Horse Guards Parade.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Princess Catherine wearing a large sunhat and her son sit in a carriage while crowds look on taking photos.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/a4c33440f7c7d7518bbab460088e5d1d.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/> Princess Kate and Prince Louis sat next to each other in the carriage.\u00a0(AP Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth)<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A boy and a girl in formal dress sit in a carriage as crowds look on.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/354cef5faa5f38b03753a10806c30abc.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/> Britain&#8217;s Prince George and Princess Charlotte were on their best behaviour during the king&#8217;s birthday parade.(AP Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth)<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Princess Catherine and her children sit in a carriage.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/e954a509b50bfb2771d73953f129a3ea.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/> Catherine, Princess of Wales, travelled in a carriage with her children, Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte and Prince George.(AP Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The 31 aircraft flyover left a trail of red, white and blue smoke \u2014 a show of colour from the pilots of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows.<\/p>\n<p>Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The aircraft of the armed forces have a long and proud history of taking part in the occasion, with the first King&#8217;s Birthday fly-past taking place in 1913.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The king in traditional dress salutes.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/c6567aa06748a83e59323a94f9138a39.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/> King Charles III saluted the troops outside Buckingham Palace.(AP Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth)<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A British footguard soldier wearing his bearskin.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0db7ccbf23abb9557e40ec075b424849.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/> Prince William sat on his horse wearing the uniform of the Welsh Guards outside Buckingham Palace.(AP Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Among the supporters, protesters from the Not My King movement attempted to disrupt the event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Demonstrators chanted &#8220;not my king&#8221; and &#8220;down with the crown&#8221; while holding pictures of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was stripped of his royal titles by King Charles.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Yellow and black protest placards saying 'not my king' and 'down with the crown'.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/7ec40d4029667e3c317ef3b0cc218759.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/> During the festivities, Republican Not My King protesters demonstrated.(AP Photo: Kirsty Wigglesworth)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">ABC with wires<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crowds have gathered in central London for the Trooping the 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