Trooping the Colour

The Trooping the Colour is a British military pageant. It was first performed under Charles II of England. Its original purpose was to display a regiment's colours to the regiment's soldiers. Since 1748, the ceremony has been performed annually in London (except in 1955, due to a rail strike), in celebration of the monarch's birthday.

At the 1981 Trooping the Colour ceremony on 13 June, a teenager fired six blank shots at Queen Elizabeth II .

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External link

Order of the Trooping the Colour (http://www.whirligig2.freeserve.co.uk/pageantry/trooping/index.htm)
Information about the Trooping the Colour from the UK Army homepage (http://www.army.mod.uk/ceremonialandheritage/household/trooping.htm)
Photo of a soldier from 2004 Trooping the Colour (http://www.extrospection.com/archives/2004/06/happy_soldier.html) (photo by andersja)

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