Kate Middleton will miss the warm-up event for the Trooping of the Colour but Charles will take part.
is set to be present next month for Trooping the Colour—a military parade marking his official birthday—but he won’t be on horseback for the occasion,
The 75-year-old monarch, who is currently being treated for an undisclosed form of cancer, is instead expected to inspect soldiers at the ceremony from a carriage alongsideTrooping the Colour traditionally involves the Royal Family assembling on the balcony of Buckingham Palace. In 2023, Charles rode on horseback for the ceremony—the first time a British sovereign had done so since 1986.
This year, on June 15, he’ll instead review troops from an Ascot landau carriage. The switch-up is understood to have been informed by doctors’ advice as he continues his cancer treatment, according to It’s also not yet clear if Kate Middleton will attend the event in some capacity. At the Colonel’s Review—a traditional rehearsal for Trooping the Colour which is set to take place on June 8—her role of Inspecting Officer will be carried out by Lieutenant General James Bucknall, the former Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps.
Speculation about whether or not the Princess of Wales would be involved in Trooping the Colour has been rife since March. At the time, Britain’s Ministry of Defencethat she would be overseeing the rehearsal ceremony in what appeared to be an announcement of her first appearance since she stepped back from public events after an abdominal surgery in January.
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