Trooping The Colour 2025

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - JUNE 14: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 24 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (wearing a Royal Army Medical Service, RAMS, regimental tie), Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (wearing a Household Division regimental tie) and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during Trooping The Colour 2025 on June 14, 2025 in London, England. Trooping the Colour, also known as The King's Birthday Parade, is a military ceremony to mark the official birthday of the British Sovereign. The ceremony, which takes place at Horse Guards Parade followed by a flypast over Buckingham Palace, was first performed in the mid-17th century during the reign of King Charles II. The parade features all seven regiments of the Household Division with Number 7 Company Coldstream Guards being the regiment this year having their Colour Trooped. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)