Prince Charles led the Welsh Guards in the final rehearsal for this year’s Queen’s Birthday Parade today.
As Colonel of the regiment trooping its colour this year, the Prince of Wales was present and inspected the troops on Horse Guards Parade in central London.
The Colonel's Review is the final dress rehearsal before the Trooping of the Colour which will be held next Saturday in front of the Queen.
Dress rehearsal: Prince Charles gives a salute during the Colonel's Review on Horse Guard Parade in London today
Honour: It is the turn of the Prince of Wales' regiment, the 1st Battalion the Welsh Guards, to troop their colour this year
Family tradition: A member of the Royal Family usually attends the Colonel's Review but Prince Philip will remain in hospital after undergoing surgery
Prince Philip, Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, is unlikely to be present this year due to his recent admission to hospital for abdominal surgery. He is expected to remain in hospital for up to two weeks.
This year, the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards are trooping their colour on Horse Guards Parade for the first time since 2008.
The official birthday of the Sovereign is marked each year by a military parade and march-past, known as Trooping the Colour. The troops participating in the parade are drawn of fully trained, operational troops from the Household Division.
The Queen's Colour of a battalion of Foot Guards is 'trooped' - carried along the ranks - each year before the Sovereign. Only one colour can be trooped at a time, and the five Household Regiments - Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards take their turn each year.
Tradition: British forces' Household Cavalry ride outside Buckingham Palace on their way to the Horse Guards Parade
Practice makes perfect: The official birthday of the Sovereign is marked each year by a military parade and march-past, known as Trooping the Colour
Royal pomp and ceremony: Members of the Guard march along the Mall while participating in the Colonel's Review
Missing out: Prince Philip, Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, is unlikely to be present this year due to his recent admission to hospital for abdominal surgery
The ceremony derives from two old military ceremonies, Trooping the Colour and Mounting The Queen's Guard. The origin of the ceremony goes back to the early eighteenth century, and possibly even earlier, when the guards and sentries for the Royal Palaces and other important buildings in the capital were mounted daily on the parade ground by the Horse Guards building.
A feature of guard mounting was for the colours of the battalion to be carried (or 'trooped') slowly down the ranks so that they could be seen and recognised by the soldiers.
Origins: The Trooping of the Colour dates back to the 18th century when the guards and sentries for the Royal Palaces and other important buildings in the capital were mounted daily on the parade ground by the Horse Guards building
The Prince of Wales returns to Buckingham Palace after attending the Colonel's Review
Rule Britannia: Guards make their way along the Mall while participating in the Colonel's Review
After the Trooping ceremony on Horseguards’, the Royal Family will make their way back to Buckingham Palace where shortly after, the extended Royal Family will appear on the balcony.
Her Majesty has never missed a Trooping the Colour as Sovereign, though one was cancelled in 1955 due to strike action. The Royal Family travel to Horseguards’ in carriages and those members of the Royal Family who’re on parade as Colonels of the regiments of Footguards, ride on horses on parade.
Other members of the Royal Family watch the parade from the Horseguards’ building from the Duke of Wellington’s old office, overlooking the parade ground.
Her Majesty has never missed a Trooping the Colour as Sovereign, though one was cancelled in 1955 due to strike action
The Royal Family travel to Horseguards¿ in carriages and those members of the Royal Family who¿re on parade as Colonels of the regiments of Footguards, ride on horses on parade
Guards Regiments Trooping the Colour before being marched past the Prince of Wales, during the Colonel's review
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