Six photos from Trooping the Color that caught attention

As the King’s official birthday was marked in London with the traditional Trooping the Color ceremony, most eyes were on the Princess of Wales as she made her first public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer .

Crowds waved flags as the parade moved from Buckingham Palace and down the Mall to Horse Guard’s Parade.

The royals showed up on horseback and carriage.

As the rain fell on more than 1,400 soldiers, 200 horses, 400 musicians and a dog, what images caught the attention?

King Charles, whose birthday is in November, reviewed the troops in an Ascot Landau carriage rather than on horseback, as he did at last year’s celebration.

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The band of Irish guards, led by an Irish wolfhound named Turlough Mor (after a former high king of Ireland) but affectionately known as Seamus, marched the troops into the oldest occupied castle in the world, the Windsor Castle.

The old colors were paraded out of the parade and the new colors were placed on an altar made of drums.

This mimics the makeshift battlefield ceremonies practiced in historical conflicts before marching to meet the enemy.

The King then presented the colors to two junior officers: Lieutenants Harry Winterbottom and Monty Badger.

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