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…
9. The then Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall and Catherine, Duchess Of Cambridge arrive at Horseguards Parade during the annual Trooping The Colour ceremony at Horse Guards Parade on June 13, 2015
In 2015, the then Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, chose a blue silk Catherine Walker coat dress | Getty Images
10. (L-R) Britain's Prince Harry, the then Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, watch the fly-past as they stand on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following the Trooping the Colour - Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Parade, at The Royal Horseguards in London on June 14, 2014
In 2014, Catherine, the then Duchess of Cambridge, once again chose Alexander McQueen | AFP via Getty Images
11. Members of the British royal family (L-R) Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Prince Harry, the then Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Britain's Princess Eugenie of York watch the fly-past on the balcony at Buckingham Palace following the Queen's Birthday parade, 'Trooping the Colour,' in central London on June 15, 2013
A then pregnant Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, chose a pale pink Alexander McQueen outfit in 2013 | AFP via Getty Images
12. The then Camilla Duches Of Cornwall and The Duchess Of Cambridge attend the Trooping Of The Colour at Horse Guards Parade on June 16, 2012
In 2012, the then Duchess of Cambridge wore a pale blue Erdem outfit | Getty Images