The King has saluted troops at Horse Guards Parade in the official Trooping the Colour ceremony, and has now re-entered Buckingham Palace to appear on the balcony.

Princess Charlotte was seen waving enthusiastically and smiling to the crowds as they travelled back to Buckingham Palace.

The Princess of Wales and Prince Louis also waved and smiled at onlookers.

She opted for a dress she was last seen wearing when she attended the King’s coronation in May 2023.

At the event on Saturday, Kate wore a bold white Jenny Packham dress with black detail, and a white angled hat by Philip Treacey.

The dress was a simple knee-length white design, with a white and black bow on her right shoulder.

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Heavy rain and thundery showers have fallen on crowds gathered along The Mall by the end of procession.

Princess Anne, Prince William and Prince Edward, who were all on horseback, were subject to the miserable weather while other senior royals were protected in carriages.

The Princess of Wales looked “happy to be involved” in Trooping the Colour as she made her first public appearance this year, a spectator has said.

Carol Haddow, 64, from Scotland, and her husband Brian, 42, were among thousands of people lined along The Mall as royal carriages made their way to Horse Guards Parade.

Mrs Haddow said: “Well, like anybody going through chemotherapy, it’s a big thing for her to come out and do this.

“We were a wee bit back but she looked fine, happy to be involved and she was with the kids.”

She said the royal family played an important part in “bringing in tourism” to the country, adding: “It’s a great thing to have a king or queen.”

Mr Haddow said: “It’s a part of history, isn’t it?”

The Royal Family are due to appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace imminently for the conclusion of Trooping the Colour.

Carriages containing members of the Royal Family have now departed from Horse Guards Parade towards Buckingham Palace.

The King and his family will now appear on the balcony to view the fly-past, which concludes the day’s event.

Charles is Colonel in Chief of the regiments of the Household Division which include the Life Guards, Blues and Royals and all five regiments of Foot Guards – the Welsh, Scots, Irish, Coldstream and Grenadier – on parade for the official birthday, alongside the mounted Band of the Household Cavalry and the massed Foot Guards bands.

The military spectacle, also known as the Birthday Parade is a gift from the Household Division, and Charles first attended in 1951, aged three, riding in a carriage with his grandmother, the Queen Mother, and aunt, Princess Margaret, and first rode as Colonel of the Welsh Guards in 1975.

Trooping the Colour is a social as well as a ceremonial occasion and the stands overlooking the parade ground were filled with about 8,000 spouses, girlfriends and parents of the guardsmen and officers on parade.

It featured more than 1,250 soldiers, and hundreds of Guardsmen were lined up on the parade ground waiting to be inspected by the King from his carriage with Camilla, Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, and joined by the mounted royal Colonels.

The colour, or regimental flag, that will be trooped will be the King’s Colour of number 9 company, Irish Guards.