colour as sovereign. many horses, troops and musicians coming together for what is display of military precision, horsemanship and fanfare to mark what is the king s official birthday. and the parade moves from buckingham palace and down to the mall, for horse guards s parade. these are the images that you are saying and the display culminates in a fly past by the raf. so, aircraft from the royal navy, the british army and of course the royal air force will be celebrating the king s birth with a fly past scheduled for 1pm. in two and a half hours time. 70 aircraft are expected to fly through the sky past buckingham palace, which is always the peak of the event and draws huge crowds and it follows the royal family appearing on the balcony to greet the crowd. and that is when, as we were hearing from a correspondent outside buckingham palace in earlier, that s when the crowds push down toward buckingham palace and around the gates to see the royal family appear on the balcony.
for many years it was the queen s birthday parade and it s an event when the army pays its tribute to the british sovereign as they have been doing for more than 200 years. this parade which goes back to the early years of the 18th century. that is what we will be seeing. it is significant because it s the first birthday parade of king charles s rain. it s the first king s birthday parade since 1951. it s king s birthday parade since 1951. it s the first time a king will have been on parade for the actual trooping ceremony. that was the last yearin trooping ceremony. that was the last year in which king george vi was well enough to attend the parade. there are some other first as we see some pictures from horse guards parade. it s the first time all five foot guard regiments are parading. normally at least one of them is on deployment somewhere else but, on