King Charles makes huge Trooping the Colour change after reviving tradition after 40 years

This is the moment King Charles made a very different appearance at this year's Trooping the Colour.

The monarch, who is undergoing cancer treatment, left Buckingham Palace for the event in a carriage alongside Queen Camilla. It was a marked difference from last year, when Charles actually took part in the parade riding a black horse called Noble.

The change reflects earlier guidance by Buckingham Palace that highlighted that each public-facing engagement by the King would be reviewed and adaptations made where advised by doctors following his diagnosis.

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Charles, who only recently returned to public-facing duties, is set to conduct the Trooping the Colour review from the Ascot Landau carriage. There are five Ascot Landau carriages, which are used every year for the monarch's procession during the Royal Meeting at Ascot, kept by the Royal Mews.

Later he will be joined by members of his family on the Buckingham Palace balcony to watch the incredible RAF flypast, which will include the famous Red Arrows, the Mirror reports.

Last year he became the first monarch in 37 years to ride a horse at Trooping the Colour. The late Queen used to ride at the event in her trusted stead Burmese but started using a carriage from 1986 onwards until her sad death in 2022.

It has been a busy time for the King, who earlier in the week appeared at the King's Foundation inaugural awards ceremony alongside celebrities, including Sir Rod Stewart and David Beckham. He also conducted a ceremony at Windsor Castle on Monday where he paid tribute to the "professionalism, courage and humour" of the Irish Guards ahead of the regiment's central