Members of the Household Cavalry take part in the Colonel's Review on June 8 in London. It was the rehearsal for this weekend's Trooping the Colour, in honor of the official birthday of Britain's King Charles III. LONDON — The British monarch is celebrating his official birthday Saturday with a military parade and the usual pomp. But this time will be different. The king has cancer. He will not ride a horse.
Her statement was accompanied by a photograph of her standing alone under a weeping willow on the Windsor Estate. She said she was looking forward to attending the king’s birthday parade with her family and hoped to join “a few public engagements over the summer.”, wearing a tall black bearskin cap, as he carried out an inspection of the troops. He is a skilled horseman and former competitive polo player. But this year he will arrive at Horse Guards Parade in a carriage, with Queen Camilla by his side.after being spooked by construction work in April.
The birthday parade is not held on Charles’s actual birthday. That is Nov. 14. But successive monarchs have celebrated their official birthdays in June, maximizing the potential for decent British weather.