the Trooping of the Colour

(This is not to be confused with the trooping of the colour itself, which occurs later in the ceremony.)

British fife and drum bands play at ceremonies such as the Trooping of the Colour.

On the Queen's official birthday in June, the Trooping of the Colour is also staged here.

Even ceremonies such as the Trooping of the Colour are seen as important symbols of the Monarchy.

Dating from 1745, it is famous for the Trooping of the Colour ceremony on the Queen's official birthday in June.

As the Queen's nephew, Linley takes part in royal family events such as the Trooping of the Colour and Christmas celebrations at Sandringham.

The Sovereign's Company is entitled to carry the banner on all ceremonial parades as well as escorting the Queen's colour during the Trooping of the Colour.

In addition to performing public duties, the regiment formed a Guard for the Trooping of the Colour in 1900 where it was noted that the three officers had a total service of fifty four years.

As he would at all his stops, Cooper then showed his Inuit audience a film of King George reviewing the trooping of the colour, explaining through an interpreter that this was their King too.

Whether it was the Trooping of the Colour, a state visit, or Remembrance Sunday, whatever the time or day of the week, the dates were in his diary and he was on parade without fail and without question.

His face made me sick and I turned away and looked at a picture on the wall instead, a faded photograph behind cracked glass, the Queen at the Trooping of the Colour, sidesaddle, upright, plumed and in full scarlet.

The Trooping of the Colour phase is initiated by the lone drummer's eight-bar "Drummer's Call", signalling the Captain of No. 1 Guard to cede his command to the Subaltern of No.1 Guard.

At the Trooping of the Colour it is manifestly impossible for the troops at the back of the massed formations to understand any of the words uttered by the OC parade on the opposite side of Horse Guards.

In the normal course of events they will only be seen en masse after the Trooping of the Colour and on Christmas morning at Windsor; and the wisdom passed from experienced staff to newcomers is never to put them on stage together.

The question is often asked, why the Royal Artillery Band, who participate in their fair share of royal duties, such as the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace, are never seen during the Trooping of the Colour parade.

The Royal Artillery Band is nevertheless always very much in evidence on the day of the Trooping of the Colour, by taking part in the Royal Birthday gun salute given by the King's Troop in Hyde Park.