The last time a monarch was mounted on a horse during the ceremony was in 1986 when his mother rode a mare named Burmese.
The King will become the first monarch in more than 30 years to take part in Trooping the Colour on horseback this morning.
Charles will take the royal salute as Colonel in Chief of the Household Division's seven regiments during the ceremony, staged on Horse Guards Parade, as members of the Royal Family and 8,000 spectators look on. The colour, or regimental flag, that will be trooped in front of hundreds of Guardsmen and officers will be the King's Colour of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.He will be the first monarch to ride during the official birthday celebration since his mother, Queen Elizabeth, rode her horse named Burmese during the ceremony in 1986.
Burmese, a gift from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was the Queen's favourite mount for ceremonial occasions and she rode her for 18 years until the mare's retirement in 1986. From that point on, Her Majesty opted to use a carriage for Trooping the Colour rather than train another charger.
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