Trooping the Colour 2025 takes place on Saturday June 14, the event will start at 10.30am and finish at 1:10pm. The royal family and the Household Cavalry will be involved in a procession down the mail which will be followed by a 41-gun salute to mark King Charles’s official birthday.
Prince William is expected to be joined by the Duke of Edinburgh on horseback as part of the procession, but King Charles who is still having ongoing cancer treatment, will travel with his wife Queen Camilla in a carriage.
Following Princess Catherine’s treatment for cancer last year, it was not known if she would attend Trooping the Colour 2024. However in June, it was announced that she would be making her first royal appearance at the event since her cancer diagnosis.
For Trooping the Colour, Catherine, Princess of Wales chose a stunning white and black Jenny Packham outfit, Philip Treacy hat and when it came to accessories, she chose Cassandra Goad pearl earrings that she first wore at the christening of her son, Prince Louis. As Colonel of the Irish Guards, Princess Catherine also chose to wear the Irish Guars Regimental Brooch.
Just before she attended Trooping the Colour last year, a new photograph of the Princess taken by Matt Porteous, was released. The photo showed the Princess standing by a weeping willow in the grounds of Windsor Castle. Princess Catherine also released a statement which read: “I am making good progress, but as anyone going through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days. On those bad days you feel weak, tired and you have to give in to your body resting. But on the good days, when you feel stronger, you want to make the most of feeling well.”
“My treatment is ongoing and will be for a few more months. On the days I feel well enough, it is a joy to engage with school life, spend personal time on the things that give me energy and positivity, as well as starting to do a little work from home.”
The Princess of Wales went on to say that “I’m looking forward to attending the King’s Birthday Parade this weekend with my family and hope to join a few public engagements over the summer, but equally knowing I am not out of the woods yet. I am learning how to be patient, especially with uncertainty. Taking each day as it comes, listening to my body, and allowing myself to take this much needed time to heal.”
Take a look at Princess Catherine’s Trooping the Colour outfits over the years. In recent years, she has decided not to choose an Alexander McQueen outfit, but it will be interesting to see what she picks this year…
5. The then Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge amd Prince Louis of Cambridge, during Trooping The Colour on June 8, 2019
Catherine, the then Duchess of Cambridge was ahead of her time (fashion wise) when she opted for a buttermilk outfit by Alexander McQueen in 2019 | Getty Images
6. The then Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (L) and Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, travel in a carriage to Horseguards parade ahead of the Queen's Birthday Parade, 'Trooping the Colour', in London on June 9, 2018
In 2018, the then Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, wore a baby blue Alexander McQueen dress | AFP via Getty Images
7. The then Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge, Prince George of Cambridge and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge look out from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Trooping the Colour parade on June 17, 2017
In 2017, Catherine, the then Duchess of Cambridge, looked pretty in pink, she opted for a bubblegum pink Alexander McQueen dress and Jane Taylor hat | Getty Images
8. The then Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Charlotte of Cambridge and Prince George of Cambridge watch a fly past during the Trooping the Colour, this year marking the Queen's 90th birthday at The Mall on June 11, 2016
In 2016, Catherine, the then Duchess of Cambridge wore the same Alexander McQueen outfit she wore to Princess Charlotte's christening | Getty Images