India McTaggart
Updated ,first published
The royal family have been spotted on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch the annual Trooping the Colour.
The King and Queen, who were greeted with applause from the large crowd, were joined by the Prince and Princess of Wales to mark King Charles’ fourth birthday as king.
The Welsh children – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis – waved to thousands of cheering spectators before watching the Red Arrows perform.
Prince George struggled to hold back a sneeze throughout the National Anthem as the royal family gathered to celebrate Trooping the Colour.
The eldest child of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 12, was seen calmly waiting on the balcony of Buckingham Palace for God Save the King to reach his final words before letting out a small sneeze.
The Prince, who apologized to his smiling mother, was on his best behavior during the annual parade to mark the King’s fourth birthday as king.
All three Welsh children acted impeccably in front of the world’s cameras. Prince, 44, talked to his curious children about the Red Arrows show as planes flew overhead.
The Royal Highness, Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the widowed Duke of Kent also came out from the balcony.
The 90-year-old Duke of Kent was seen filming the start of the flypast on his mobile phone while touching his walking stick with his other hand.
More than 1,400 soldiers participated in the festival, along with 200 horses and 400 musicians. Some 113 words of command are given to the officers by the Chief Officer of the Parade, known as the Chief Officer of the Guard.
The air show, which was powered by sustainable aviation fuel last year, flew directly over Buckingham Palace and included the trademark red, white and blue plumes of smoke.
Earlier in the day, the King and Queen traveled down the Mall to the Horse Guards Parade in an Ascot Landau carriage to the Horse Guards Parade.
In behind-the-scenes photos later released by Kensington Palace on social media, the royal was seen laughing moments before setting off in a Landau carriage for a procession down the Mall.
The Princess of Wales also traveled at Ascot Landau with her three children, with the Prince of Wales, the Royal Highness, and the Duke of Edinburgh following on horseback.
The Princess of Wales wore a white blue coat by Catherine Walker and a hat by Philip Treacy, along with an Irish Guards brooch in honor of her role as colonel.
The Duchess of Edinburgh was in Barouche car number 1, escorted by Sir Tim Laurence. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester followed at No 2 Barouche.
The Queen is wearing a Grenadier Guards red silk dress by Fiona Clare, and her hat, by Philip Treacy, is a black beret with white feathers and a Grenadier Guards hat badge.
The Welsh family arrived at Buckingham Palace earlier in the day by car, with Prince George wearing a light blue tie and Princess Charlotte in a white dress and hair clip.
The three children sat upright and calm in their car, waving to the public during the procession, which has celebrated the King’s official birthday for more than 260 years.
They arrived at the Horse Guards Parade at around 11.15am, and the King was greeted with a royal salute before inspecting the hundreds of guards lined up from his personal Household Department.
Once the morning parade was over, the royal family walked back down the Mall to Buckingham Palace.
