Trooping the Colour: Royal Pageantry Meets Modern Controversy

0:03 Calarogus Shark Media. Hello and welcome to Palace Intury Game. Your host Mark francis one of the most explendid traditions in the British Royal calendar. Trooping the Color is a dazzling display of military precision, pageantry and regal spectacle held each June in honor of the sovereign's official birthday. The event sees thousands of spectators lining them all in London to witness a parade of soldiers, musicians and horses. Is a process from Buckingham Palace to horse guards parade and back again. Although King Charles was born on November fourteenth, like monarchs before him, he marks his official birthday in the summer, when the weather is at least in theory, more favorable. This year, the ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, and will also coincide with the publication of the birthday honors list and a rival Meghan Markel event. The tradition itself dates back to centuries, but became a fixed annual event in seventeen sixty the reign of George the Third.

1:01 The name Trooping the Colour refers to the ceremonial display of a regiment's flag or colour, which was historically trooped before the assembled soldiers so they would recognize it in battle. Each year a different regiment of the Household Division is selected to leave the parade. In twenty twenty five, the honor falls to the cold Stream Guards, who will be trooping their colour in front of the King for the first time. The parade involves some sixteen hundred soldiers, over two hundred horses, and four hundred musicians from ten military bands. Senior royals participate either on horseback or in ornate horse draw on carriages. At the culmination of the parade, members of the royal family gather on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the ceremonial fly past by the Royal Air Force the Red Arrows, the RAF's aerobatic display team, providing a thrilling finale as they streak overhead in a dramatic formation.

1:49 A forty one gun salute is also fired in Green pot to mark the occasion, while crowds cheer and wave flags along the procession route. In recent years, the event has served as a barometer of royal visibility, especially in twenty twenty four, when it marked the first public appearance of the Princess of Wales following her cancer diagnosis. Though deeply rooted in tradition, trooping the color continues to evolve, balancing age old ceremony with modern significance and offering a unique glimpse into the relationship between Crown, military and public. If I told you one of the royals, was it south By Southwest did probably guess Harry or maybe Meghan Well. In a rather unexpected but spirited endorsement of Britain's cultural sector, his Majesty King Charles the Third made a surprise appearance of the inaugural edition of south By Southwest London on Thursday.

2:35 Arriving at the festival grounds in shortage, the King was warmly greeted by the soulful harmonies of the Kingdom Choir. He was then received by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Raider, Mayor of London, Sadik Khan, and organizers of south By Southwest London. The King took in grounding, an immersive AI powered art installation by Damien Roach which generates an ever shifting visual landscape using data and artificial intelligence. His Majesty appeared genuinely engaged as he conversed with the artists and other works technological and artistic implications. The king also met with several figures following their panel on the new animated environmental series Love the Earth, including Julian Lennon, Moe Brings Plenty, John Paul Martinez, and Volka Turk, the UN and High Commissioner for Human Rights. Following this, the monarch attended a panel event titled Love the Earth, celebrating cultural preservation, nature and indigenous voices. Declining the offer of a royal Bentley, he opted to walk to his next venue, christ Church Spittlefields, protected only by an umbrella. There in the crypt he toured Beautiful Collisions, an exhibition celebrating Caribbean contributions to British art and culture. King Charles spoke extensively with Grenada born artist Denzil Forrester, who recounted his process of sketching dancers in nightclubs, often working from ten pm until five am.

3:53 Are you sure you should be in bed? The King replied with a smile. The two also reminisced over a shared memory. One of Forrests paintings featured Hailey Sir Lassie, the former Emperor of Ethiopia, whom the King recalled meeting as a young boy. I was fascinated, he said, revealing that he still has a gift received from Selassie all those years ago. Braving a downpour, his Majesty meandered through the historic market established by Royal Charter under Charles the Second in sixteen eighty two, shaking hands with stallholders and shoppers alike. One vender, Paul Brimmer, cheerfully offered the King a really special discount on a vintage watch before equipping. Oh but you don't carry cash, he added, with a grin. I told him he was more handsome in real life than on the telly. He looks really well, doesn't he.

4:35 The King seemed entirely in his element as he admired vintage cameras, Persian style lacquer boxes, maps and early photography artifacts. He found common ground with jewels a stallholder with a passion for maps and telescopes. He was so lovely, she said, he said, yes, so do I. Elsewhere, the monarch chattered with Malcolm MacFarland, who explained his lifelong connection to antiques, having grown up above his parents shop in Calender, Scotland. The King also took interest in green matcha tea in quiet about packing up a particularly dense stall and meta tiny dog named Twiglet. We would have been happy to tell you about Twiglet last week, but instead of Twiglet, we were forced to think about twirking and a video that unfortunately can never be unseen with warmth, wet and waterproof shoes. The King's Day at the Market and the Festival struck just the right note, part statesman, part gentlemen pottering through the stalls, and as one vendor so succently put it, it looks really well, doesn't he more? Palace just a moment, man, It's a lot of commercials. I feel like this program add free. Go to Calaruga dot com slash plus for more information. It's right there in the show notes. All the information and listeners on Apple Podcasts.

5:42 You can just click that banner that says uninterrupted listening right up there at the top of the page. For just five bucks a month, you'll get Palace, Intrigue, and twenty five other shows from this network without ads or feed drops, and there's thousands of shows there. Premium subscribers also already have early access to the first season of our upcoming series, Crown and Controversy, which covers the Royals beginning from where the TV series The Crown left off, and we very much appreciate all your support for us behind the scenes here. Thanks a lot. Amanda Patel in the Daily Mail, wonders, are these Sussex is really so desperate to maintain their media profile that they would stoop to this level. Maybe it is a crass attempt to make them more likable, more human, an attempt to say we're just like the rest of you. A couple who do daft things and have fun. And yet I don't know how many couples who think it's appropriate to post a video of themselves prancing around a maternity room moments before the birth of a child. Whatever the case, it makes a mockery of their claims to be a deeply private couple who just want to get on with their lives away from prying eyes, A couple so protective of their children, Archie and little Bit that we had rarely seen the proper picture of either of them, even though they are now respectively six and four, so fiercely private, and Megs and Harry so fearful for their kids' safety that we only saw a tiny glimpse of Archie's forehead in the late Queen's arms as a newborn. Until this week, most pictures of their cho have been taken from behind, from a great distance or in profile. It is reported the Susks have employed a vast new team of experts to help counter the negativity surrounding them and improve their personal ratings. Indeed, perhaps this was the brainchild of their

7:14 new director of Communications, Emily Robinson, who's been brought into jazz up the Sussex brand. After all, Harriet Meghan now track only just above Gruesome Prince Andrew in the popularity stakes, both here and in the US. Who knows, but if this tawdry video is any example of what's to come, they already need a new team of experts. When we last checked, Meghan's tworking video was her second most watched video of all time. The clip was up to twenty three million views in counting. But candidly, we don't spend summer weekends checking Meghan's instance, so it's entirely possible that it's now number one Meghans As ever, name change announcement post has over twenty seven million views. Twerk Gate did not get everyone to stop talking about what a mess the as ever brand seems to be. Pr Guru Natalie Trice tells the Mail once again, it would seem that Megan is sending mixed messages too audience. Something one would hope would have been resolved by now is it's not the first time. People need to feel confident that her brand is a clear plan and direction and that these comments and stunts aren't just to gather attention and likes.

8:12 She needs to be creating legacy. Consistency and truth are everything and they go hand in hand when it comes to building trust and loyalty, which I think she is trying to do but not quite getting it right. And they have it. If you like to email us addresses the palasindrig at gmail dot com, please follows at Spotify, Apple and the Apple of your choice and leave us a nice review if you're enjoying the show. And we have a new show out at the moment called Feuds, Power, Pride, and Payback, looking at the greatest feuds of all time, and it begins with the biggest one of this time. It's the Elon Musk President Trump feud. So check that out. Wherever you get your podcast. It's called Feuds, Power, Pride and Payback and Mark Francis my thanks to John McDermot.

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