Britain is putting on a display of birthday pageantry Saturday for King Charles III, a military parade that marked the Princess of Wales ’ first public…
Britain is putting on a display of birthday pageantry Saturday for King Charles III, a military parade that marked theThe annual event is also a show of stability by the monarchy after months in which both the king and Kate, wife of heir to the throne Prince William,that she would attend the King’s Birthday Parade after making progress in her treatment. She disclosed in March that she was undergoing chemotherapy for an unspecified form of cancer.
Prince William was on horseback for the ceremony, also known as Trooping the Color, in which troops in full dress uniform parade past the king with their regimental flag, or “color.” Charles, who also is being treated for an undisclosed form of cancer, carried out the ceremonial review of the guardsmen and officers from his carriage.and has recently eased back into public duties.
In one of the many quirks of British royal convention, Saturday is not the king’s real birthday -– that’s in November. Like his mother Queen Elizabeth II before him, Charles has an official birthday on the second Saturday in June. The date was chosen because the weather is generally good, though early sunshine on Saturday gave way to a blustery, rainy day in London.
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