TROOPING THE COLOUR

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27064, 12 June 1953, Page 9

TROOPING THE COLOUR

Salute Taken By Queen (N.Z. Press Association —Copyright) (Rec. 12.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 11. The Queen rode sidesaddle today to take the salute while the Grenadier Guards paraded their flag before her in the traditional ceremony of Trooping the Colour. . Prince Charles watched his’ mother sitting erect and motionless on her light chestnut horse. Winston, while the Guards marched by. The Queen rode the half-mile from Buckingham Palace to the Horse Guards parade ground to take the salute. Forty thousand people lined the Mall, London’s ceremonial way, as she rode down ij, followed by the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke of Gloucester. also on horseback.

Cheers followed her progress as she rode, a striking regal figure in a scarlet tunic slashed with the vivid kingfisher blue of the ribbon of the Order of the Garter. The Garter star glittered against the scarlet and a row of medals shone on her breast. Her long riding skirt was dark blue. As the Queen rode into the parade ground there was a great burst of cheering. With her right hand raised firmly in salute, she sat motionless while the band played “God Save the Queen.” Her horse was also like a statue, not even nodding its head. The parade was held on the Queen’s official birthday, which is being celebrated in Britain today.