Happy Trooping the Colour 2025 to all who celebrate! The military ceremony held in celebration of the King’s official birthday took place on Saturday, marking the third Trooping of the Colour with King Charles III as Monarch.
Charles attended his first ever Trooping the Colour in 1951, when he was just three years old. Now, aged 76, he celebrated alongside his children and grandchildren, including the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
Kate Middleton arrived in a skirt suit matching the summer sky, with sculpted shoulders and an asymmetric lapel. Her outfit is reminiscent of the late Princess Diana, who favoured a blue skirt suit throughout the 80s and 90s.
Charlotte, who rode in the carriage to Buckingham Palace next to her mother, also looked skyward for her outfit inspiration, donning a turquoise-coloured dress with a white waistband and white ballet flats. George and Louis looked smart in matching suits, with white shirts and red ties.
Meanwhile, Prince William, who trained in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, was in full military regalia, complete with his new beard, which appears to be becoming a permanent facial feature.
Also in military outfitting were King Charles III, Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, and Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, who were equally draped in gold stitching and decorated with medals.
A key difference in the military outfits came in the form of a black armband, which was worn in honour of the victims of the Air India crash, which claimed the lives of 50 British nationals this Thursday.
The King also requested a minute’s silence be observed in tribute to the passengers and crew killed, and others affected, when the Boeing 787 Dreamliner bound for Gatwick Airport came down in the Indian city of Ahmedabad.
Queen Camilla wore an all-white look, with a tiered, wide-brimmed ivory hat, and various items of pearl jewellery.
Meanwhile, Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, opted for a darker colour palette, wearing a puff-sleeve forest green dress with a matching circular hat.
There were non-royal attendees, too. As the royal family gathered in Buckingham Palace, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Lady Victoria Starmer watched the proceedings from a separate balcony.
The Prime Minister wore a black suit with a white shirt and blue tie, while Lady Victoria Starmer wore a white, buttoned-down dress with gathered shoulders and a white fascinator.
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Attendees turned their gaze upwards for the flypast, which made history as the first time The Red Arrows have used sustainable fuel and vegetable oil for the celebrations.
Jets from the world-famous aerobatic display team were powered by a blend of sustainable aviation fuel and used the vegetable oil to produce their trademark vapour trails.
The flypast is also thought to be the first time a renewable biofuel – known as hydrotreated vegetable oil – has been used to produce vapour trails.
