Queen Elizabeth's Annual Birthday Parade Will Be Different This Year

Queen Elizabeth‘s Trooping the Colour is going on this year amid the pandemic, but things are going to run a little differently.

The annual birthday parade in celebration of the royal, who turned 95 this year, will be taking place next weekend, and there are new details revealed by Buckingham Palace about the festivities.

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“The Queen will view a military parade in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle to mark Her Majesty’s Official Birthday, on Saturday 12th June,” the announcement reads.

“The parade will be held by the Household Division, and The Queen’s Colour of F Company Scots Guards will be trooped. His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent, Colonel, Scots Guards, will accompany The Queen,” it continues.

“The parade will be led by the Foot Guards, who will be joined in the Quadrangle by The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery and the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment. Music will be played by a Massed Band of the Household Division, which will include 1st Battalion Scots Guards Pipes and Drums,” the announcement reads.

“Upon The Queen and The Duke of Kent’s arrival in the Quadrangle, Her Majesty and His Royal Highness will be greeted by a Royal Salute, and the National Anthem. The parade will commence with the Musical Troop as the Band plays. The Colour will then be trooped through the ranks, and the parade will conclude with a second Royal Salute. The King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery will then fire a 41 Gun Royal Salute, to mark Her Majesty’s Official Birthday, from the East Lawn at Windsor Castle.”

The Palace previously released a statement to ET Canada confirming that the Queen’s Official Birthday Parade would not move forward in its traditional form in central London.

Earlier in the week, the palace also responded to allegations regarding hiring practices.