The BBC has confirmed the date for this yr’s ‘Trooping the Color: The King’s Birthday Parade’.
With the monarch attributable to hit 77 later this yr, the present can be broadcast on Saturday 14 June 2025, with highlights airing on BBC Two at 7pm and full protection following later that night on BBC One at 10.30pm.
Greater than 1,350 troopers will participate within the ceremonial occasion, together with greater than 300 musicians from the Massed Bands and 250 troopers from the Foot Guards, who will line the processional route alongside The Mall.
This may mark Charles’ third Trooping the Color since his accession to the throne in 2022.
The parade has lengthy commemorated the sovereign’s official birthday – whatever the monarch’s precise date of delivery – and has been a practice for the reason that 18th century.
King Charles was born on 14 November.
The BBC is ready to dedicate important airtime to the royal occasion.
Following highlights on BBC Two, ‘Trooping the Color: The King’s Birthday Parade’ can be proven in full on BBC One, providing audiences throughout the UK the chance to witness one of many yr’s main state events.
The parade is anticipated to attract crowds to central London and can function a full navy show, processions and a flypast.
It comes as Charles mourns the dying of Main Normal Sir Christopher Ethereal, the previous personal secretary to him and his late spouse Diana, Princess of Wales.
He handed away aged 91 on 7 April, simply three months after the dying of his partner and leaves behind two daughters and a son.
Christopher Ethereal took on the position of Personal Secretary and Treasurer to Charles in 1990, when the King was nonetheless Prince of Wales. His appointment got here after a distinguished 35-year navy profession, throughout which he rose to the rank of Main Normal and commanded the Family Division. He was well-known to each Queen Elizabeth II and Charles.
Though it’s understood he had a cordial relationship with Diana, his tenure within the royal family lasted lower than 12 months. Based on The Instances, he discovered the wide-ranging construction of Charles’s operations difficult.
The paper reported: “He discovered it troublesome to attract strains between the varied charities and advisory teams.”
He resigned from the position voluntarily and was formally acquired by Queen Elizabeth II on his departure.
