George And Charlotte At Trooping The Colour

Prince George and Princess Charlotte charmed the crowds at this weekend's Trooping the Colour flypast.

Appearing on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the National Anthem and to watch the RAF flypast to mark The Queen's Official Birthday, the royal duo teamed up with Princess Anne's eldest grandaughter Savannah Phillips to provide lots of cute moments for the photographers covering the event.

At one point, Charlotte slipped and had to be picked up by mum Catherine to be consoled. Savannah also put a hand over George's mouth to silence him during God Save The Queen! 

Happy Birthday Ma'am!

British Army Tweet

Interested in what happens during the Trooping the Colour?  Have a look:

Don’t miss live coverage of Trooping the Colour to mark the official birthday of Her Majesty The Queen on BBC One at 10.30am today. pic.twitter.com/lITY9jJM8k

— British Army (@BritishArmy) June 9, 2018

H.M. The Queen's Official Birthday

The Queen's official birthday is this coming Saturday and Trooping the Colour will be held as is tradition.

Senior members of the Royal Family travel from Buckingham Palace on horseback or horse drawn carriage along The Mall to Horse Guards Parade for Trooping the Colour. They then return to Buckingham Palace for the flypast.

This year Prince George and Princess Charlotte are expected to make an appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony to watch the RAF flypast and wave to the crowds below. Prince Louis who was born on April 23rd is still too young to join his older siblings. This will be George's 4th appearance and Charlotte's 3rd.

I witnessed the spectacle in 1992 when Prince Harry joined his mother Diana, Princess of Wales and Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother for the trip to and from Horse Guards Parade. Older brother Prince William was away at Ludgrove Prep, his boarding school at the time.

If you would like to see photos of William and Harry attending the event in their younger years, have a look at my blog post from last year:

https://williamandharryschildren.blogspot.com/2017/06/wales-family-at-trooping-colour.html

From royal.uk website:

What happens during Trooping the Colour?

Once The Queen has arrived at Horse Guard's Parade in Whitehall, she is greeted by a Royal salute and carries out an inspection of the troops, who are fully trained and operational soldiers wearing the ceremonial uniform of red tunics and bearskin hats.
The Queen used to attend on horseback herself, but in recent years has travelled by carriage.
After the military bands have performed, the escorted Regimental Colour, or flag, is processed down the ranks of soldiers. Over one hundred words of command are used by the Officer in Command of the Parade to direct the several hundred soldiers.
Once the Foot Guards have marched past The Queen, she rides back to Buckingham Palace at the head of the soldiers, before taking the salute again at the Palace from a dais. 
Her Majesty is then joined by other Members of the Royal Family on the balcony at Buckingham Palace to watch a fly-past by the Royal Air Force. A 41-gun salute is also fired in Green Park to mark the occasion. 

Horse Guards Parade

Trooping The Colour 2017

Saturday was the Queen's official birthday and was marked by the Trooping The Colour parade and flypast.

The Duchess of Cambridge looked gorgeous in a pink Alexander McQueen dress. Charlotte - who was in a pretty floral dress-  and George were very excited watching from the Buckingham Palace balcony.

Wales Family At The Trooping The Colour

Next Saturday the Royal Family will be out in force to mark the occasion of The Queen's official birthday parade- Trooping The Colour.
Royal fans are looking forward to seeing George and Charlotte watching the R.A.F. flypast from the Buckingham Palace balcony. 
Here are photos of the Wales Family from Diana's first Trooping the Colour a month before the Royal Wedding to right throughout her marriage including the arrival of her sons William and Harry. 
This author was present in the crowd outside the Palace for Diana's last Trooping in June 1992. 
As George has worn a number of his father's outfits, I wonder if he fits into William's sailor suit?
Enjoy the trip down memory lane.

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Happy 2nd Birthday Charlotte

1st Birthday

On 2nd May, Princess Charlotte will turn 2! The littlest royal has had a very busy year- appearing at her first Trooping the Colour, going on her first Royal tour and attending her first Christmas church service.

Charlotte enthusiastically waved to the crowds outside Buckingham Palace and the aircraft flying overhead to mark the Queen's official birthday parade - Trooping the Colour. 

The Cambridge family travelled to Canada for a royal visit last September and this was the Princess's first overseas tour. Brother George was just 8 months old when he went to Australia and New Zealand in 2014.

 The royal siblings were a hit- from the arrival in Victoria to the children's party for defence families where Charlotte cuddled a rabbit and dog to their departure aboard a seaplane. 

On Christmas Day, George, Charlotte and their parents joined Catherine's family for church at St Mark's Englefield near the Middleton home in Berkshire.

The year ahead will be a busy one for the Cambridges. The family are relocating to their Kensington Palace home- Apartment 1A from Anmer Hall in Norfolk. 

Amner will still be their weekend home but the time has come for George to start school in September and for Catherine and William to step up their role as working members of the Royal Family. William's job as helicopter pilot with East Anglia Air Ambulance will come to an end and he will share more of the Queen's duties as she and Prince Philip grow older. 

Trooping the Colour 2016

On May 20th, Charlotte and George will be flower girl and page boy at their Aunt Pippa's wedding. Look out for the gorgeous photos!

It is expected that Charlotte will start nursery school in the last half of the year but no further details have been made public. 

Happy Birthday Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana of Cambridge!

Christmas Day

In Canada

More Trooping the Colour Photos

More wonderful photos of yesterday's Trooping the Colour balcony appearance by Charlotte and George.

Charlotte's Trooping Debut

Princess Charlotte of Cambridge made her Trooping the Colour debut today.
 
The official festivities were in honour of The Queen's 90th birthday.

Princess Charlotte was held by her mother the Duchess of Cambridge whilst big brother George was busy looking at the crowds and trying to take in the sights and sounds around him.

Prince George who will be 3 next month, was wearing the same outfit his father William wore to Prince Harry's Christening in December 1984. 

At last year's Trooping, George wore his father's outfit from William's own Trooping debut back in June1984. It seems the Wales children's clothing has been well stored and cared for over the decades. 

Queen's Official Birthday Events

William aged 3 and Harry 9 months 1985

The Queen's birthday is on 21st April but the official celebration is held in June- usually the second Saturday. The reason the official celebrations are not until June is that the chances of good weather are higher in the Summer. 

Yesterday most members of the Royal Family attended a Thanksgiving Service at St. Paul's Cathedral.

Today, the annual Trooping the Colour will take place. Let's hope little Princess Charlotte makes an appearance on the palace balcony!

The Trooping the Colour starts with Queen Elizabeth and members of the Royal Family travelling from Buckingham Palace, down The Mall to Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall.The ceremony is explained on the royal.gov.uk website:

What happens during Trooping the Colour?

Once The Queen has arrived at Horse Guard's Parade in Whitehall, she is greeted by a Royal salute and carries out an inspection of the troops, who are fully trained and operational soldiers wearing the ceremonial uniform of red tunics and bearskin hats.
The Queen used to attend on horseback herself, but in recent years has travelled by carriage.
After the military bands have performed, the escorted Regimental Colour, or flag, is processed down the ranks of soldiers. Over one hundred words of command are used by the Officer in Command of the Parade to direct the several hundred soldiers.
Once the Foot Guards have marched past The Queen, she rides back to Buckingham Palace at the head of the soldiers, before taking the salute again at the Palace from a dais. 
Her Majesty is then joined by other Members of the Royal Family on the balcony at Buckingham Palace to watch a fly-past by the Royal Air Force. A 41-gun salute is also fired in Green Park to mark the occasion. 

Horse Guards Parade

Looking Back At 2015

2015 has been a very special year for the Cambridge family.

On May 2nd, the Duke and Duchess welcomed Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana into the world. Prince William has described her as "ladylike" and "a little joy of heaven".

Brother Prince George has been seen more often in public throughout the year. In only the third time he had made a public appearance in Britain, George was taken by William to St Mary's Hospital to meet baby sister Charlotte. 

Then he was seen at The Trooping The Colour ceremony for the first time in June, wearing the clothes his father William wore on the same occasion in 1984. 

Also that month came a trip to watch his dad and Uncle Harry play polo where George kept his mum Catherine busy following him around.

Finally on July 5th George attended his sister's Christening at St Mary Magdalene Church on the Queen's Sandringham Estate. It is also the place where George and Charlotte's grandmother the late Diana, Princess of Wales was christened in 1961. George wore an almost identical outfit to that which William wore to meet Prince Harry at St Mary's Hospital in 1984.

There have of course been photos released when Charlotte was a month old, her Christening, George's second birthday, Charlotte at six months and a group photo for Christmas. 

The family is dividing it's time between Anmer Hall on the Sandringham Estate and their apartment in Kensington Palace. 

Amner is where they prefer to be as it offers a relaxed country lifestyle that is important to both Catherine and William. George will start at a nearby nursery next month. 

Royal Children Blog wishes all our readers a safe, healthy and prosperous New Year.