Queen's Platinum Jubilee: Trooping the Colour - when is it, what time it is on TV and who will be on the balcony
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe Queen's Platinum Jubilee is finally here and after 70 years on the throne, it is an occasion to be celebrated and that it is.
From a platinum party at the place to a very special pageant, there's lots going on from Thursday, June 2, to Sunday, June 5.
But one of the most important traditions of all is Trooping the Colour. The military parade is usually held annually and commemorates Queen Elizabther's “official” birthday which usually falls on the second Saturday of June.
However, this year it has been brought forward to Thursday (June 2). It will see more than 1,500 officers and soldiers and 350 horses from the Household Division stage the display on Horse Guards Parade in central London, with the colour trooped by the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. READ MORE: Queen's Platinum Jubilee: Day by day timings for all events including Trooping the Colour and Jubilee Pageant Some 400 musicians from 10 military bands and corps of drums will march amid pomp and pageantry.
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