Royal Family Marks King Charles III's Official Birthday with Trooping the Colour and RAF Flypast
The British royal family participated in the annual Trooping the Colour parade on Saturday to mark King Charles III's official birthday, with the King and Queen travelling by carriage down the Mall before more than 1,400 soldiers, 200 horses, and 400 musicians. Although Charles's actual birthday falls on November 14, the Sovereign's official birthday is traditionally celebrated in June with the ceremonial parade, which has marked the monarch's birthday for over 260 years. The event concluded with an RAF flypast over Buckingham Palace, with aircraft visible across Norfolk and parts of eastern England before arriving in London.
King Charles III's fourth official birthday as monarch was celebrated on Saturday with the Trooping the Colour parade, as he and Queen Camilla rode in an Ascot Landau carriage from Buckingham Palace down the Mall to cheering crowds. The Princess of Wales joined in a separate Ascot Landau with her three children — Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis — while the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Duke of Edinburgh followed on horseback. Upon arriving at Horse Guards Parade around 11:15am, the King received a royal salute and inspected hundreds of guardsmen from his Household Division. The RAF flypast, featuring aircraft including the Red Arrows, Typhoons, F-35B Lightnings, a Chinook, C-17 Globemaster, Voyager, A400M Atlas, Poseidon, and a Phenom, was visible over Norfolk — particularly Great Yarmouth — between 11am and 2pm before the formation funnelled south through Essex toward London. Senior members of the royal family watched the flypast from the Buckingham Palace balcony. The ceremony, steeped in centuries of tradition, drew thousands of spectators lining the processional route in central London.
What's missing
No source details the specific route or timing of the flypast once it reached London.
How coverage differed
The Sydney Morning Herald provided comprehensive coverage of the London ceremony itself, focusing on royal participants, their attire, and the pageantry, while EDP24 focused narrowly on the practical logistics of viewing the flypast in Norfolk, reflecting a local audience interest rather than the broader national event.
What different sources said
- BBC Top StoriesCenter
In pictures: Trooping the Colour marks King's official birthday
- New York PostRight
Kate Middleton goes head-to-toe in powder blue at Trooping the Colour 2026
- Sydney Morning HeraldCenter
Royal family marks King’s birthday at Trooping the Colour parade
- EDP24Center
Where to watch the King's birthday flypast in Norfolk
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