2024 Trooping the Colour

The 2024 Trooping the Colour ceremony was held on Saturday 15 June to celebrate the official birthday of King Charles III. The colour being trooped was the King's Colour of 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards.^[a]

Date15 June 2024; 2 years ago (2024-06-15)

LocationsHorse Guards Parade, London, England

CountryUnited Kingdom

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2023

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2024 Trooping the Colour
Date	15 June 2024; 2 years ago (2024-06-15)
Locations	Horse Guards Parade, London, England
Country	United Kingdom
Previous event	2023
Next event	2025
Activity	King's Birthday Parade Royal balcony appearance

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Apart from being Charles' second Trooping the Colour ceremony since his accession to the throne, the 2024 ceremony occurred shortly after he had returned to his official duties after receiving a cancer diagnosis, and while his treatment was ongoing. Buckingham Palace confirmed on 30 May that the King would attend the ceremony, but that he would inspect troops while seated in an Ascot landau carriage alongside Queen Camilla rather than the traditional inspection done on horseback.^[2]

It was also announced that the Princess of Wales's role as Inspecting Officer in the Colonel's Review, a parade that takes place a week before the Trooping the Colour ceremony, would be taken by military officer Lt Gen James Bucknall after the Princess herself continued to be absent from public duties while recovering from cancer.^[3] The Colonel's Review took place on 8 June. Ahead of the event, the Princess wrote a letter to the Irish Guards apologising for her absence and wishing the regiment good luck.^[4][5]

Although she did not attend the Colonel's Review, on the eve of the Trooping ceremony it was announced that the Princess would be in attendance as part of the carriage parade with her children, and as a member of the royal family waving from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. This was her first public appearance since her cancer diagnosis.^[6][7]