What to know about this year’s Trooping the Colour amid King Charles’, Kate Middleton’s cancer treatments

Kate stepped back from public duties after announcing her diagnosis in March.

Trooping the Colour, the annual military parade marking the reigning British monarch’s official birthday, is one of the biggest and most highly anticipated events of the year for Britain’s royal family.

This year’s parade, to be held on Saturday, June 15, comes with more questions than usual.

Since January, both King Charles III and his daughter-in-law Kate, the Princess of Wales, have been diagnosed with cancer and have had to take time away from public duties.

Charles has since returned to a modified schedule of public duties while Kate has not been seen publicly since March, when she revealed her cancer diagnosis in a video message.

Here are your questions answered about who will attend this year’s Trooping the Colour and what to expect.

Yes, Charles will attend this year’s Trooping the Colour, according to Buckingham Palace.

The king will slightly modify his role in the annual event by riding in a horse-drawn carriage alongside his wife Queen Camilla instead of on horseback, according to the palace.

This year’s parade marks the second for Charles as king. His coronation was held on May 6, 2023.

In past years, Kate has taken part in the parade and watched the military flyover from the balcony of Buckingham Palace alongside her husband Prince William and their three children.

Kate’s last in-person public appearance was last December, when she joined members of the royal family at a Christmas Day church service in Sandringham.