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NEED TO KNOW
- King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived at this yr’s Trooping the Color because the monarch continues to bear therapy for most cancers, which he was identified with in 2024
- A royal aide beforehand informed PEOPLE the King, 76, was managing his sickness effectively and mentioned they noticed “no distinction in him” regardless of his prognosis
- This yr’s occasion, which celebrates the King’s birthday, marks his third Trooping the Color as monarch
King Charles and Queen Camilla made their grand entrance at Trooping the Color.
The King, 76, and Camilla, 77, arrived on the annual occasion on Saturday, June 14, the place they had been joined by members of the British royal household.
The historic occasion celebrates the King’s birthday, which falls on Nov. 14. He celebrated his first Trooping the Colour as monarch in 2023, when he rode on horseback in the course of the parade and was joined on horseback by Prince William, Prince Edward and Princess Anne.
Final yr, the King arrived in a horse-drawn carriage alongside Queen Camilla, marking a change in his routine after using on horseback on the occasion for a few years. The King rode in a carriage that yr amid his treatment for cancer, which he was identified with in February 2024.
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For his third Trooping the Color as monarch, the King once again rode in a carriage. Equally, Queen Elizabeth switched from collaborating within the occasion on horseback to using in a coach in 1987 when she was 60.
His arrival at this yr’s celebration comes after a senior royal aide told PEOPLE that the King was doing effectively as he continues to obtain most cancers therapy.
“The factor you study this sickness is that you simply simply handle it, and that’s what he does,” the aide mentioned in late Might.
“Medical science has made unbelievable advances, and I genuinely see no distinction in him,” they added. “So long as you simply do what the docs say, simply reside your life as regular as potential. That’s precisely what he’s doing.”
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The King was hospitalized on March 27 at The London Clinic “following scheduled and ongoing medical therapy for most cancers,” Buckingham Palace mentioned in a press release on the time. “The King skilled non permanent unwanted effects that required a brief interval of commentary in hospital.”
Whereas aides didn’t share further particulars on the time, a royal supply mentioned the King’s restoration was “very a lot on track.”
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The King resumed royal outings inside a couple of days of his hospitalization and just lately took a trip to Canada and made a visit to London’s inaugural SXSW pageant.
His newest look at Trooping the Color is custom for the King, who has attended the occasion since he was three years outdated. At his Trooping the Color debut in 1951, the King-to-be rode in a carriage along with his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mom, and his aunt, Princess Margaret, whereas his mom, who was then Princess Elizabeth, rode horseback within the parade.