03:17
Tieng Anh Vui
The annual Trooping the Colour ceremony in honour of the Queen's official birthday is due to take place later.
The Queen is due to attend but her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, will miss the event as he recovers from abdominal surgery in hospital.
More than 1,000 soldiers and horses will take part in the traditional display of pomp and pageantry.
The Queen is to ride in a vintage carriage from Buckingham Palace along The Mall to Horse Guards Parade.
In place of Prince Philip, the monarch has invited her cousin, the Duke of Kent, to join her for the short journey.
The military event comes after the Queen's Birthday Honours list was published.
Royals on horseback
The Duchess of Cambridge, attending her last public engagement before her baby is due to be born next month, is to travel in a horse-drawn carriage with the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry.
The Duke of Cambridge, Colonel of the Irish Guards, and the Prince of Wales, Colonel of the Welsh Guards, are to be joined on horseback by the Princess Royal, Colonel of the Blues and Royals.
Thousands of people are expected to line the streets of central London for the celebrations.
A 41-gun salute will be fired in Green Park to mark the Queen's official birthday.
The royals will then gather on the balcony at Buckingham Palace to watch the traditional RAF flypast, which will include Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster aircraft, and a display by the Red Arrows.
Traditional preparations
The display of pomp and pageantry originated from traditional preparations for battle.
Colours, or flags, were carried or "trooped" down the rank so that it could be seen and recognised by the soldiers.
In the 18th Century, guards from the royal palaces assembled daily on Horse Guards to "troop the colours" and in 1748 it was announced that the parade would also mark the sovereign's official birthday.
The Colour being paraded on Horse Guards this year is the flag of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, who recently returned from service in Afghanistan.
The Coldstream Guards, who this week laid to rest one of its soldiers whose remains had lain buried beneath the sand dunes of a Dutch beach for more than 200 years, will also take part.
The Queen's actual birthday was on April 21, when she turned 87.
Prince Philip, 92, has been at a private clinic in London since 7 June when he had an exploratory operation on his abdomen.
He is expected to remain in hospital for a further week, followed by a period of convalescence of about two months.
Đăng ký: Tieng Anh Vui
Posted in: 
0 comments:
Post a Comment