King Charles Will Attend Trooping the Colour With One Change

King Charles will attend Trooping the Colour on June 15, Buckingham Palace has confirmed, while Kate Middleton will miss the occasion as she continues cancer treatment. As exclusively reported by Vanity Fair, Charles was determined to attend the 260-year-old ceremony, which marks the monarch’s official birthday and his medical team has given him the green light to attend the national occasion.

King Charles had hoped to ride at the ceremony on horseback, as he did last year for his first Trooping ceremony as sovereign, but palace aides said on Thursday that Charles will ride in a State Landau carriage.

Princess Kate will not attend the historic parade, which is watched by hundreds of thousands of people around the world, as she continues to stay away from the media spotlight. Kate would ordinarily have been required to take the salute in her role as Colonel of the Irish Guards, however, the palace has confirmed this will be carried out by Lieutenant General James Bucknall, the former commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps. It is expected that Prince William will be in attendance, but it is not known if the couple’s children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will attend.

Thursday’s announcement from Buckingham Palace will be seen as a positive step forward for Charles, who is said to be “doing well” as he undergoes cancer treatment. Earlier this month, the monarch returned to official duties, including a visit to a cancer center in London and attending a Buckingham Palace garden party, although his normally busy schedule has been scaled back on the advice of his medical team.

A scene from Trooping the Colour in 2023.

Chris Jackson/Getty Images