King Charles to attend Trooping the Colour – BBC News

King Charles III will take part in next month’s Trooping the Colour despite his cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.

The King is expected to inspect soldiers from a carriage rather than on horseback.

It is unclear whether Catherine, the Princess of Wales, will attend as she continues chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer.

The ceremony, to be held on 15 June, traditionally sees the Royal Family gather on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.

Last year, the King inspected troops from horseback during the event, which is filled with pomp and military pageantry and held to mark the sovereign’s official birthday.

This time, he will conduct the review seated in an Ascot landau carriage with Queen Camilla.

Catherine’s role at the traditional Colonel’s Review – a rehearsal the week before – will be taken by a military official, Lt Gen James Bucknall.

He will carry out the role of Inspecting Officer on behalf of the princess.

Gen Bucknall is the former Commander of the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and has attended every King’s Birthday Parade since 2009, when he was appointed Colonel of the Coldstream Guards.

It is unclear whether the princess will attend Trooping the Colour – one of the highlights of the royal calendar – in some capacity.

She revealed she was receiving treatment in March following a cancer diagnosis.

That followed an announcement in January that the princess had undergone abdominal surgery.