Trooping the Colour

PRINCESS ELIZABETH | The Making of a Queen

Trooping the Colour

Princess Elizabeth takes the salute for the first time.

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CHANNEL | Television Service

FIRST BROADCAST | 7 June 1951

DURATION | 8 minutes 37 seconds

FIRSTBROADCAST

1951

Synopsis

His Majesty King George VI is unable to attend Trooping the Colour due to ill health, so his place is taken by his daughter, Princess Elizabeth. The princess, riding side-saddle, wears a modified version of the regiment's uniform. The young Prince Charles rides alongside his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth (later known as the Queen Mother), and his aunt, Princess Margaret, in a horse-drawn carriage. The colour trooped is that of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards.

Pictured: the Queen at Trooping the Colour in 1956.

Did you know?

The horse ridden by the princess at this event was called Winston, while the music played at the beginning of the troop inspection is 'The Triumphal March (Glory to Egypt, to Isis!)' from 'Aida' by Giuseppe Verdi.

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HRH Princess Elizabeth

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The Duke of Gloucester

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Queen Elizabeth, Consort of George VI

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HRH Princess Margaret

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HRH Prince Charles

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Trooping the Colour