Event Details
The showing of Trooping the Colour at Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall, London on the BIG SCREEN in St Peter’s.
1st Battalion Irish Guards will Troop their Colour in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen. Taking part will be up to 1450 soldiers of the Household Division and The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, along with up to 400 musicians from the Massed Bands. 200 soldiers from the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards will line The Mall.
The ceremony of Trooping the Colour is believed to have been first performed during the reign of King Charles II (1660-1685). In 1748 it was decided that this parade would be used to mark the official birthday of The Sovereign. It became and annual event after George III became King in 1760. Guards taking part are drawn from the Regiments of The Sovereign’s Household Troops. It has become the practice for them to troop their colours in turn.
Her Majesty The Queen has taken the salute at every parade since her accession to the throne in 1952 other than in 1955 when there was a national rail strike. Her Majesty’s actual birthday is 21st April. The Sovereign’s official birthday is marked by the ceremony of Trooping the Colour, which this year falls on the 2nd June 2022.
The Parade begins at Horse Guards at 10.00am and will finish by 12.25pm. On the day of the Queen’s Birthday Parade (2nd June), the fly-past by the Royal Air Force takes place at 1.00pm and can be watched from The Mall.