A ROYAL TROOP ON PARADE

Standing strong on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, the King and four generations of his family celebrated his official birthday in dazzling sunshine and style.

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A year after the Princess of Wales made her return to the spotlight as she continued to undergo cancer treatment, she and the Prince and their three children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, ten, and seven-year-old Prince Louis looked fully back to their best as they joined the monarch and Queen Camilla to watch the traditional flypast after Trooping the Colour. Louis was the star of the show as he smiled and waved at crowds during the carriage procession.

From the solemn minute of silence held at the start of the parade to honour those who died in last week's Indian air disaster, to a world-first eco-conscious display by the legendary Red Arrows, we take you through the highlights of the King’s Birthday Parade. The day’s events began with the royals gathering at Buckingham Palace to prepare for the half-mile procession down The Mall to Horse Guards Parade.

The Prince and Princess of Wales and their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, shared a video on social media of them preparing to leave, with Kate and the children taking their seats in an Ascot landau and Prince William, wearing the full ceremonial guard order of the Welsh Guards, Garter sash with the Lesser George and a Welsh Guards sword, readying to mount his horse.

Kate looked regal in a stunning aquamarine coatdress by Catherine Walker and matching hat by Juliette Botterill, echoing an outfit by the same designer worn by Princess Diana in 1988.

The colour was a nod, too, to the plume worn in the bearskins of the Irish Guards, of which the Princess is royal colonel.