ANOTHER FIRST FOR THE KING
THEIR MAJESTIES
RED LET TER DAY AS ARMED FORCES ARE HONOURED
The royal couple at Buckingham Palace, where the King presents standards to the Life
Guards of the Household Cavalry Mounted
Regiment (below) and the King’s Colour Squadron of the Royal Air Force
Days before members of the armed services join his spectacular coronation procession, the King presented his first regimental colours as monarch, voicing his thanks to the “talented men and women” who serve across the UK.
In a hugely symbolic moment before they support him on the most important day of his life, His Majesty presented the standard of the Life Guards to the Life Guards of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment in the quadrangle of Buckingham Palace.