King wears black armband in memory of India air disaster at Trooping the Colour
The head of state and his wife left Buckingham Palace in a carriage at the head of a procession travelling along The Mall and into Horse Guards Parade where hundreds of guardsmen were on parade.
The King wore a black armband in tribute to those killed in the Air India plane crash as the Trooping the Colour ceremony staged in his honour began.
Charlesâ official birthday was marked with a display of military pomp and pageantry but at the Kingâs request the event acknowledged the aviation disaster that claimed the lives of 241 passengers and crew, including more than 50 British nationals, as well as around 30 people on the ground.
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The head of state and his wife left Buckingham Palace in a carriage at the head of a procession travelling along The Mall and into Horse Guards Parade where hundreds of guardsmen were on parade.
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The appearance of the Prince and Princess of Walesâ children sparked cheering when they were spotted in a carriage with their mother, Kate.
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis followed the King and Queen, with other coaches carrying the Duchess of Edinburgh, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.
Article continues belowRiding behind the King were the royal colonels wearing black armbands â the Prince of Wales, who is Colonel of the Welsh Guards; the Princess Royal, Colonel of the Blues and Royals; and the Duke of Edinburgh as Colonel of the Scots Guards.
The Royal Procession was accompanied by the Sovereignâs Escort of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment and the sounds of the Band of the Household Cavalry, led by two shire drum horses bearing solid silver kettle drums.
Senior officers taking part in Trooping also wore black armbands as a mark of respect for the aviation victims, as did the coachmen and women from the Royal Mews, driving carriages carrying members of the royal family or riding on a coachâs lead horse as a postilion.
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A minuteâs silence will be observed after the King has inspected the guardsmen on the parade ground. It will be signalled by a bugler sounding the Last Post and will end with the Reveille.
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said the King had requested amendments to the Trooping the Colour programme âas a mark of respect for the lives lost, the families in mourning and all the communities affected by this awful tragedyâ.
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In 2017, Trooping was held a few days after the Grenfell Tower blaze and the loss of life was marked by a minuteâs silence in a decision taken by Queen Elizabeth II.
George, Charlotte and Louis joined other members of the monarchy in the former office of the Duke of Wellington to watch the Trooping the Colour spectacle in honour of their grandfather, the King.
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Kate took her place next to the King and Queen on the dais, in her role as Colonel of the Irish Guards â a symbolic position and one she was unable to take up last year because she was receiving cancer treatment, and instead watched the ceremony with her children.
Trooping the Colour is as much a social occasion as a ceremonial celebration of the Kingâs official birthday, and stands around Horse Guards Parade were filled with around 8,000 wives, girlfriends and the parents of the guardsmen and officers on parade.
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The colour â regimental flag â being trooped this year was the Kingâs Colour of Number 7 Company, Coldstream Guards, also known as the Sovereignâs bodyguard and which is celebrating its 375th anniversary.
The Kingâs first duty was to inspect the troops and he was followed by the royal colonels, William, Anne and Edward, as he travelled in a carriage with the Queen, Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, past the servicemen.
The minuteâs silence was observed when Charles and Camilla returned to the dais, following an announcement to the spectators and a bugler sounding the Last Post.
Article continues belowCharles, Camilla and Kate stood still looking ahead and the silence was broken by a helicopter flying overhead, with the moment of reflection ending with the Reveille being played.
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