State & Ceremonial

Which members of The Royal Family were absent from The Queen's Birthday Parade this year?

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9th June 2018
The Queen’s Birthday Parade took place on Saturday with thousands of people lining The Mall alongside the 92-year-old monarch and members of her close and extended family. But a few members of Her Majesty’s family didn’t make an appearance on the all-important Buckingham Palace balcony at 1pm. The Duke of Edinburgh The Queen’s husband the Duke of Edinburgh was absent from…
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The Kents

The Duchess of Kent makes a welcome appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace

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9th June 2018
The Duchess of Kent made a rare but welcome appearance on the balcony of Buckingham Palace this afternoon for The Queen’s Birthday Parade. Trooping the Colour is usually the only time we see the Duchess in public since she retired from public life a few years ago. Each year, she usually appears on the balcony to watch the RAF flypast, but often remains at the back behind the other members of…
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Prince & Princess of WalesPrincess Anne and Family

Savannah Phillips tries to silence her cousin Prince George on Buckingham Palace balcony

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9th June 2018
It is a tradition that following The Queen’s birthday parade, members of The Royal Family gather on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to wave to the crowds. It is also a tradition that the very last event of the day is the playing of the national anthem which all of those present sings along to. However, one young royal was silenced as the anthem was played. Savannah Phillips, the eldest…
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State & Ceremonial

Guardsman is the first to wear a turban at Trooping the Colour in its 250-year history

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9th June 2018
A 22-year-old Coldstream soldier has become the first to wear a turban at the Trooping the Colour parade. Guardsman Charanpreet Singh Lall is one of 1,000 soldiers who took part in the annual ceremony which marks the Queen’s official birthday. The guardsman, a Sikh from Leicester, said he hopes that this will be looked upon as a “new change in history”. He wants more people from…
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