June 14, 2025
Trooping the Colour 2025: King Charles Leads the Parade While Meghan Markle Misses Her Moment
It’s Trooping the Colour day in London, and King Charles leads the annual celebration of his official birthday with full pomp: over 1,300 soldiers, 300 musicians, and one well-timed RAF flypast. The Royal Family appears on the Buckingham Palace balcony—Charles, Camilla, William, Kate and the kids, with Sophie, Edward, and even Princess Anne standing tall.But missing from the scene? Meghan Markle, whose big night at the Night of Wonder gala was postponed due to unrest in Los Angeles. With her schedule suddenly cleared, could she have surprised the UK with a balcony cameo? Spoiler: she didn’t.
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Calorogus Shark Media, Hello and Welcome to Palace, intrigue and
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host Mark Francis Trooping the Color, officially known as the
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King's Birthday Parade, is taking place today in central London.
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The annual celebration marks the sovereign's official birthday and is
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one of the most significant events in the Royal ceremonial calendar.
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His Majesty King Charles Third is expected to take the
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salute during a grand military procession involving more than thirteen
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hundred and fifty soldiers in over three hundred musicians from
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the Massed Bands of the Household Division. This year's parade
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also commemorates the three hundred and seventy fifth anniversary of
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the cold Stream Guards. The procession begins at Buckingham Palace,
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with the King departing around ten forty five am. Escorted
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by the Household Cavalry. It will travel along the Mall
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to Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall, where the ceremony will
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take place. The parade is scheduled to start at ten
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thirty am and concluded approximately twelve to twenty five pm.
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One o'clock. A Royal Air Force fly past will take
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place above Buckingham Palace, with members of the royal family
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expected to appear on the balcony to view the display.
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Seatsd tickets for the event were allocated by public ballot
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earlier this year, though limited standing tickets were still available
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this week at ten pounds. Public viewing is also available
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along the mall and the edge of Saint James Park,
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though early arrival had been strongly advised due to large crowds.
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Expected on the balcony are, of course, the King and
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Queen William and Kate and their children, also joining Prince Edward,
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the King's younger brother and his wife, Duchess Sophie. Princess
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Anne will also be present, standing alongside her brother the King,
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with her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Lawrence, some lesser
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known senior royals, including Prince Richard He's the King's first
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cousin once removed or likely to make the balcony as well.
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No word on Prince Andrew, but Prince Edward should be there. Ultimately,
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we've lost a royal rumble news story. Originally, Megan was
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to attend a flashy in her honor tonight, but the
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Unight of Wonder Gala at the Natural History Museums of
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Los Angeles County has been postponed due to ongoing protests
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and unrest in the city. Despite her likely disappointment, it
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does mean that the Duchess of Sussex has the day
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free to attend Trooping the Color if she wishes. Tickets
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for the King's Birthday parade are just thirty pounds. Prince
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William will keep up his exhausting schedule next week in Norwich,
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where he'll team up with actress Kate Blanchett for a
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visit to colour Fix, a twenty twenty three earth Shot
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Prize finalist. The biotech company has developed a sustainable dyeing
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process that replaces harmful chemicals with nature inspired DNA sequenced
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color The visit will include a full tour of the
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company's lab, showcasing how the team transforms natural pigments into
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fabric safe dyes using microbe's and fermentation. Colour Fix's process
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significantly reduces water, energy and carbon use, making it a
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standout in the earth Shot Prize category Build a waste
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free World while saving the World. Willia will feed the
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meat by taking photos with Kate, allowing the tabloids to
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go back to focusing on Megan. Apparently, Meghan is bossy,
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and the way you can tell is by looking at
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her feet. Celebrity foot reading expert Jane she And, a
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professional reflexologist and foot reader who analyzes personality through the
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toe shapes and positioning, has examined photographs of the Duchess
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of Sussex's feet to decode her behavioral patterns. Using images
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of Meghan in nude colored sandals, she and claims to
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have identified several key personality markers. According to the expert's assessment,
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Megan's foot structure indicates strong leadership instincts and the genuine
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desire to assist others. However, she hand warns there's a
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potential downside to these qualities. When she's not in a
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leadership position, she could become controlling, she had explained, suggesting
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that Meghan's natural inclination toward authority might manifest negatively when
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she lacks official power. The foot reader also identified what
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she described as contradictory elements in Megan's personality. Her analysis
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point to someone with boundless energy, comparing her to the
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Jurisale bunny, who operates in extremes either fully engaged or
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completely switched off. Let's digress. Americans may remember the Energizer Bunny. However,
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Durisell created the original Drumming Bunny mascot in nineteen seventy three,
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but let their trademark lapse by nineteen eighty eight. Energizer
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seized this opportunity and created a parody add featuring their
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own distinct pink bunny with sunglasses and flip flops that
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interrupted Jurisale's style of commercial midway through. When Energizer's parody
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became hugely successful, Durisol tried to reclaim their bunny rights,
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leading to a nineteen ninety two legal sestiment that split
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the world. Energizer got exclusive bunny trademarks rights in the
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US and Canada, while Durissel kept rights everywhere else, kind
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of like the mexet of drumming rabbits. Anyway, foot reading
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experts she had noted that Megan's shorter little toes are
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just so playful, childlike appreciation for life's simpler pleasures, while
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her generally straight toes indicate more balanced than media portrayal
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might suggest. Perhaps most intriguingly, the expert believes Megan's recent
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chef toward open to footwear represents a significant psychological change.
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Previously favoring clothes to shoes, which she interprets as seeking privacy,
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Meghan's current preference for revealing footwear suggests a new openness
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and authenticity. It's like she's saying, this is me, Take
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leave it. She had concluded, viewing this transition as evidence
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of Megan's evolution toward greater self acceptance and transparency. More
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pallacy just a moment. The Times wrote a glowing profile
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of Prince William statesman. They wrote, Prince William wants the
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world to know he's earned his statesman role. The Prince's
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Monaco speech was designed to showcase him as a king
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in waiting and worth his place on the global top table.
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He certainly looks the part. It is one of a
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handful of high profile events in the past six months
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in which William has played a significant role on the
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world stage. He attended the funeral of Pope Francis at
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the Vatican alongside world leaders including Sir Kia Stamer, President Trump,
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mccron and President Zelenski. In December, William became the first
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senior British representative to meet Trump after his election victory.
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When the two met in Paris at the reopening of
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Notre Dame Cathedral. Trump, who has since been invited back
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to the UK four a state visit by the King,
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described William as a good man and very handsome. In
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many ways. The project is nothing new. It is a
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decade's long mission to promote the princes a sign of
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the future of the monarchy. A source who was known
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William for decades said that a common problem among senior
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members of the royal family, and one with which William
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is familiar, was that they were often the only person
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in the room who was there by virtue of their birth,
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rather than having earned the right to be there. With
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this in mind, the source added, William had worked to
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