A gloriously sunny summer’s day and a 2lb bearskin hat don’t make the best of bedfellows – as Prince William discovered yesterday.
The Duke of Cambridge was pictured apparently wilting in the heat as he rode out of Buckingham Palace to take part in The Colonel’s Review.
The ceremony is effectively a final rehearsal for Trooping The Colour, which takes place next Saturday to mark the Queen’s official birthday.
Warm work for Wills as he wilts under bearskin: Prince salutes outside of Buckingham Palace in Trooping the Colour dry run
A flamboyant display treated tourists visiting Buckingham Palace and the Queen Victoria Memorial
Prince William looked like he was wilting in the heat as 1,400 men took part in Colonel's Review yesterday
The prince, dressed in a red and gold guardsmen uniform, practiced his salute as he rode a white horse
Parade was a rehearsal for next week's Trooping the Colour, a celebration of the Queen's official birthday
By Mail on Sunday Reporter and Rachael Burford For Mailonline
11 June 2017
A gloriously sunny summer’s day and a 2lb bearskin hat don’t make the best of bedfellows – as Prince William discovered yesterday.
The Duke of Cambridge was pictured apparently wilting in the heat as he rode out of Buckingham Palace to take part in The Colonel’s Review.
The ceremony is effectively a final rehearsal for Trooping The Colour, which takes place next Saturday to mark the Queen’s official birthday.
Yesterday, William inspected the Irish Guards, who will have the honour of trooping their colour before the Queen this year.
William was appointed Colonel of the regiment just before his wedding in 2011. The Irish Guards have not taken the central role in Trooping The Colour since 2008, so this is his first Colonel’s Review.
The Queen always attends the actual parade and takes the salute but, at 91 years old, no longer rides her own horse on the day.
The procession is the annual celebration of the Queen's official birthday. The event, also known as the Queen's Birthday Parade, is a chance for the Queen to inspect soldiers from her personal troops, the Household Division.
As well as officers, the colourful display features some 200 horses and 400 musicians.
One of the guardsmen taking part in the very British display of pageantry looked more familiar than most, even with a huge bearskin hat covering his eyes. Prince William will join the Trooping the Colour on Saturday just like his grandmother the Queen did in 1983
The Duke of Cambridge was pictured apparently wilting in the heat as he rode out of Buckingham Palace to take part in The Colonel’s Review
Prince William joined 1,400 officers and men in the Colonel's Review this morning. It was a rehearsal for next Saturday's Trooping the Colour
The Duke of Cambridge, dressed in the traditional red and gold guardsmen uniform, practiced his salute as he rode a white horse on the Mall
The parade is the annual celebration of the Queen's official birthday, which this year falls on Saturday 17 June
The event, also known as the Queen's Birthday Parade, it is a chance for the Queen to inspect soldiers from her personal troops, the Household Division
The Duke of Cambridge was pictured apparently wilting in the heat as he rode out of Buckingham Palace to take part in The Colonel’s Review.
The ceremony is effectively a final rehearsal for Trooping The Colour, which takes place next Saturday to mark the Queen’s official birthday.
Warm work for Wills as he wilts under bearskin: Prince salutes outside of Buckingham Palace in Trooping the Colour dry run
A flamboyant display treated tourists visiting Buckingham Palace and the Queen Victoria Memorial
Prince William looked like he was wilting in the heat as 1,400 men took part in Colonel's Review yesterday
The prince, dressed in a red and gold guardsmen uniform, practiced his salute as he rode a white horse
Parade was a rehearsal for next week's Trooping the Colour, a celebration of the Queen's official birthday
By Mail on Sunday Reporter and Rachael Burford For Mailonline
11 June 2017
A gloriously sunny summer’s day and a 2lb bearskin hat don’t make the best of bedfellows – as Prince William discovered yesterday.
The Duke of Cambridge was pictured apparently wilting in the heat as he rode out of Buckingham Palace to take part in The Colonel’s Review.
The ceremony is effectively a final rehearsal for Trooping The Colour, which takes place next Saturday to mark the Queen’s official birthday.
Yesterday, William inspected the Irish Guards, who will have the honour of trooping their colour before the Queen this year.
William was appointed Colonel of the regiment just before his wedding in 2011. The Irish Guards have not taken the central role in Trooping The Colour since 2008, so this is his first Colonel’s Review.
The Queen always attends the actual parade and takes the salute but, at 91 years old, no longer rides her own horse on the day.
The procession is the annual celebration of the Queen's official birthday. The event, also known as the Queen's Birthday Parade, is a chance for the Queen to inspect soldiers from her personal troops, the Household Division.
As well as officers, the colourful display features some 200 horses and 400 musicians.
One of the guardsmen taking part in the very British display of pageantry looked more familiar than most, even with a huge bearskin hat covering his eyes. Prince William will join the Trooping the Colour on Saturday just like his grandmother the Queen did in 1983
Prince William joined 1,400 officers and men in the Colonel's Review this morning. It was a rehearsal for next Saturday's Trooping the Colour
The Duke of Cambridge, dressed in the traditional red and gold guardsmen uniform, practiced his salute as he rode a white horse on the Mall
