First details of how to apply for tickets for this year’s Trooping the Colour have been revealed.
The ballot for seats at the event will open on January 17th 2022.
Over 1200 officers and hundreds of horses will take part in Trooping the Colour on June 2nd 2022 with the parade starting the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend.
The Sovereign’s Birthday Parade is taking place on a Thursday, rather than the traditional Saturday, so that the highly anticipated event can form part of celebrations for the 70th anniversary of The Queen’s reign.
The Irish Guards will Troop their Colour this year, the first time that the parade has been held in London since the pandemic. In 2020 and 2021, truncated Troopings took place at Windsor.
This year, a full ceremony including a musical troop will take place at Horse Guards Parade in central London. The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery will also take part and will fire a 41 gun salute at Green Park.
Rehearsals for the event will take place for weeks before the Sovereign’s Birthday Parade. When soldiers have reached the exacting standards for the event, they will first perform it in front of Major General Chris Ghika CBE on May 21st 2022. The following Saturday, May 28th 2022, they will parade in front of the Colonel of their Regiment, the Duke of Cambridge.
Trooping the Colour is an ancient ceremony, developed to allow soldiers to familiarise themselves with their regiment’s flag or colour. The Sovereign’s Birthday Parade represents the Army’s allegiance to the Monarch and their country through pageantry.
Tickets for Trooping the Colour, as well as the Major General’s Parade and the Colonel’s Parade, will be made available via a special website.
