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Years. later, the king and the royal family were up on the balcony of buckingham palace for the royal air force fly pass. cnn's anna stewart has more from buckingham palace. >> reporter: one of the parts of being a british monarch is having a second official birthday, and one marked with a parade like no other. this was king charles' first trouping the color, he left buckingham palace for the procession on horseback, a site none seen for nearly 40 years and wearing the regimental uniform of the welsch guards. cheers from the crowd who gathered on the mall. also for the royals that followed. cl...

Criticized for spreading propaganda turning russia into a state of repression and fear. the uk is marking the end of combat operations in afghanistan. a service will take place in london in the coming hours. the war in afghanistan came with a heavy cost to great britain. more than 400 troops killed. over 2,000 wounded. now some former military personnel and families of those who were lost are wondering was it all worth it? our nic robertson has this story. >> we were put in afghanistan. he looks as though he was on patrol with his gun. >> reporter: this lieutenant colonel was the most senior...

Extremely proud that he was going to afghanistan in command of the welsch guards. >> reporter: he was killed by a taliban ied in helmand in 2009. british forces took over the lead for security in the province in 2006. the final british flag lowering there late last year. more than 400 troops killed. more than 2,000 battle wounded. was it worth the sacrifice? >> he would say it was. of course he would say it was worth it. i don't think it was. as i understand it about 400 were killed. one never knows. they would say it was. it's a difficult question to answer. >> by the time we left helmand