Trooping the Colour 2026 is captured in striking images showing royal pageantry, military precision and public celebration as the King marked his official birthday in the heart of London. Senior royals took part in the procession along The Mall, including William, Prince of Wales and Anne, Princess Royal on horseback. Catherine, Princess of Wales travelled with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, who were seen waving to crowds.
In summer sunshine, Charles’s carriage passed the ranks of just over a thousand guardsmen from the Grenadier, Scots, Irish and Coldstream Guards regiments. The Welsh Guards were represented by their band because their troops are on operational training. The colour – regimental flag – being trooped this year is the King’s Colour of the Grenadier Guards presented by Charles earlier this week during a Buckingham Palace ceremony. It will be escorted during Saturday’s spectacle by guardsmen from the King’s Company.
The head of state always wears the uniform of the regiment that is trooping its colour, so was dressed in a Grenadier Guards tunic and forage cap. Camilla honoured her regiment with a red silk crepe Grenadier Guards uniform dress by Fiona Clare, black beret with white plume by Philip Treacy, featuring her Grenadier Guards cap badge and her Grenadier Guards brooch on her shoulder. See below for the pictures.
Photo Gallery: Trooping the Colour 2026
1 of 15: Kate Middleton and her family arriving.
2 of 15: Kate Middleton and Prince George arriving.
3 of 15: Prince Louis of Wales was also in attendance.
4 of 15: Queen Camilla in the Ascot Landau carriage travelling to the ceremony.
5 of 15: King Charles III in the Ascot Landau carriage.
6 of 15: Crowds lined the streets, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Royal Family.
7 of 15: King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in the Ascot Landau carriage for the ceremony at Horse Guards Parade, central London.
8 of 15: The band of the Coldstream Guards on The Mall.
9 of 15: The Royal Standard flag, representing the sovereign and the United Kingdom, flying at Buckingham Palace.
10 of 15: Prince George of Wales and Princess Charlotte travelled by carriage.
11 of 15: Musicians from the Massed Bands of the Household Division playing trumpets.
12 of 15: The military have been part of the procession for 340 years.
13 of 15: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his wife Lady Victoria Starmer during the ceremony at Horse Guards Parade.
14 of 15: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Lady Victoria Starmer (front centre seated) during the ceremony.
15 of 15: King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the Ascot Landau carriage travelling to the ceremony.
