Kate Middleton Takes Dais at Trooping the Colour for 1st Time as Charles Marks 4th Birthday Parade

3 articles · Updated · Vanity Fair · Jun 13

Princess Catherine sat on the Trooping the Colour dais alongside King Charles III and Queen Camilla for the first time, a prominent role royal watchers read as a show of unity and her status as future queen.
Charles used the annual parade to mark his official birthday—his fourth as monarch—receiving the royal salute at Horse Guards Parade in a tradition dating back to 1748.
Prince William rode on horseback in the military procession, while Catherine traveled by open-top carriage with Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 11, and Prince Louis, 8.
Thousands lined Whitehall and the Mall before the royals returned to Buckingham Palace, where the balcony appearance was again limited to working royals under Charles's slimmed-down monarchy.

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