Watch live as King Charles III celebrates his official birthday with the Trooping the Colour parade in London on Saturday, 14 June.
His Majesty’s milestone will see military pomp and pageantry will be on display in the centre of the capital.
The event, also known as the King’s Birthday Parade, will also pay tribute those killed in the Air India plane crash this week.
Charles has requested a minute’s silence be observed in tribute to the 241 passengers and crew who died, and others affected, when a Boeing 787 Dreamliner bound for Gatwick Airport crashed on Thursday in the Indian city of Ahmedabad.
The head of state and senior royals riding in the ceremony will wear black armbands.
On horseback and wearing the armbands will be the Royal Colonels – the Prince of Wales, Colonel of the Welsh Guards, the Princess Royal, Colonel Blues and Royals, and the Duke of Edinburgh, Colonel Scots Guards.
The Queen, the Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Edinburgh are likely to be among members of the royal family watching the event.
Fans will hope Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will make an appearance as they did last year.
Royals not taking part in the parade, and who normally watch events from the Duke of Wellington’s former office, will not wear black armbands.
The King requested amendments to the Trooping the Colour programme “as a mark of respect for the lives lost, the families in mourning and all the communities affected by this awful tragedy,” a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said.
In 2017, the parade was held a few days after the Grenfell Tower fire and the loss of life was marked by a minute’s silence, a decision taken by Queen Elizabeth II.
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