King's Birthday Parade return to Buckingham Palace, 15 June 2024

Описание: King’s Birthday Parade Return to Buckingham Palace, 15 June 2024

The King’s Birthday Parade, also known as Trooping the Colour, was held on Horse Guards Parade in London on 15 June 2024. The King's Colour of Number 9 Company, Irish Guards was Trooped or paraded before the assembled Guards on Horse Guards Parade.

This video was taken in the Mall near the Victoria Monument and shows the troops on their return to Buckingham Palace. During their return there was a torrential downpour.

For photos of the Parade please go to flickr:

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Scenes in the video:

0.0 St James’s Palace Detachment of the King’s Guard formed by the Queen’s Gurkha Signals march to Buckingham Palace
0.18 The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery passes in heavy rain
1.25 Household Cavalry Mounted Band passes
2.10 Household Cavalry passes
3.20 Massed Bands pass
4.10 King and Queen pass
4.50 The Guards pass
6.55 Police and spectators pass
8.42 Pipes and Drums of the Irish Guards lead the St James’s Palace Detachment of the the King’s Guard to St James’s Palace
9.00 King and Queen drive back to Clarence House


Extract from the Court Circular

“His Majesty was present at The King's Birthday Parade on Horse Guards Parade this morning at which The King's Colour of Number 9 Company, Irish Guards was Trooped.

The King was accompanied by The Queen (Colonel, Grenadier Guards), The Duke of Edinburgh (Colonel, Scots Guards), The Prince of Wales (Colonel, Welsh Guards), The Princess of Wales (Colonel, Irish Guards) with Prince George of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales and Prince Louis of Wales, and The Princess Royal (Gold Stick in Waiting and Colonel, The Blues and Royals, Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons).

His Majesty was attended by Lieutenant General Sir Edward Smyth-Osbourne (Colonel, The Life Guards), Lieutenant General Sir James Bucknall (Colonel, Coldstream Guards) and Major General James Bowder (Major General Commanding Household Division).

The Lord de Mauley (Master of the Horse), Colonel Toby Browne, Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Segrave (Mounted Equerries in Waiting), Lieutenant Colonel Michael Vernon, Captain Hugh Scrope (Dismounted Equerries in Waiting) and Brigadier Mark Berry (The Life Guards, Silver Stick in Waiting) were in attendance.

Colonel Guy Stone (Chief of Staff), Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Griffin (Silver Stick Adjutant) and the Household Division Staff were present.

The Procession was led by Lieutenant Colonel James Shaw, Grenadier Guards (Brigade Major Household Division).

The troops on Parade, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel James Coleby, Coldstream Guards (Field Officer in Brigade Waiting), received The King with a Royal Salute.

The Duchess of Edinburgh with The Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, The Duke of Kent, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence and other Members of the Royal Family drove to Horse Guards Parade and witnessed The King's Birthday Parade.

On the conclusion of the Parade, His Majesty drove in a carriage back to Buckingham Palace at the head of The King's Guard, preceded by The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, under the command of Major John Baileff, the Massed Mounted Bands of the Household Cavalry, the Sovereign's Escort of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, under the command of Major Thomas Stewart (The Life Guards), and the Massed Bands of the Guards Division.

On arrival at Buckingham Palace, The King's Guard entered the Forecourt and formed up opposite the Old Guard, the remaining Guards marching past His Majesty. The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment and The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery ranked past The King.

His Majesty, from Buckingham Palace, witnessed a fly-past by aircraft of the Royal Air Force, led by Wing Commander Andrew Shaw, to mark the official celebration of The King's Birthday.

Royal Salutes were fired today by The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery in Green Park and from the Tower of London Saluting Battery by the Honourable Artillery Company, under the command of Captain Charles Martin.”


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