Kate Middleton and Prince William are giving a glimpse of how they got ready for Trooping the Colour.
On June 14, the Prince and Princess of Wales attended the Trooping the Colour celebration honoring King Charles‘ official birthday with their three kids, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7.
In a fun update on the day of the parade, William and Kate’s team shared a new video of the family leaving Buckingham Palace just moments before they appeared in public. The shot showed the Wales family from a new view as they headed out before the crowds.
“All ready for Trooping the Colour!” the Prince and Princess of Wales’ team captioned the clip on X, adding an emoji of the Union Jack flag.
The video opened to show William walking down the steps in the ceremonial uniform of the Welsh Guards, a regiment he backs as Colonel, with a hand to the chinstrap of his bearskin hat. The camera cut to the Prince of Wales saddling up on a black horse named Darby and setting off on his mount to participate in the parade.
The frame flashed to Princess Kate on the palace steps with her kids and them moving to enter the Ascot Landau carriage. The Princess of Wales put a warm hand on her daughter Charlotte’s back, a subtle sign of their tight bond. Princess Kate and her only daughter matched their outfits at Trooping the Colour, where they twinned in aqua ensembles.
Princess Charlotte and Kate Middleton at Trooping the Colour on June 14, 2025.
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The video rolled to show Kate and Charlotte seated side-by-side in the carriage, with George and Louis opposite. Prince Louis had his eyes locked on the camera, while Princess Charlotte and Princess Kate smiled.
The Prince and Princess of Wales keep followers looped with their latest activities on their shared social media pages and the recap videos are a newer feature of their feeds. Two years ago, a similar video was speculated as a reason why they apparently arrived late to King Charles’ coronation.
In the book The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy, royal biographer Robert Hardman wrote that King Charles and Queen Camilla inadvertently arrived early for their crowning ceremony crowning at Westminster Abbey in May 2023. The couple reached the church before Pages of Honor like Prince George, and there was another snag in the schedule.
“Unbeknown to them, the Prince and Princess of Wales and their two younger children are running a minute and a half late. The Waleses are supposed to be there eight minutes ahead of the King and Queen. Yet they will now arrive after them,” Hardman wrote in the bookpublished in January 2024.
Kate Middleton, Prince William, King Charles, Queen Camilla and more on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on King Charles and Queen Camilla’s May 6, 2023 coronation day.
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“Although the congregation inside the abbey don’t know it, there is an awkward scene unfolding outside as the King and Queen are in their coach. It is an added layer of stress that the couple really do not want or need on a day like this,” he wrote.
The author added that there were a few opinions on the root of the issue.
Some said that William and Kate’s decision to make a coronation video added “precious seconds” to their schedule on the day of the ceremony, while staff for the Prince and Princess of Wales speculated that because the King reached the abbey early, the Wales’ car got caught behind his cavalcade.