Trooping the Colour 2025: Date, Parade Route, and How to Watch King Charles III’s Birthday Celebration Live

The King’s Birthday Parade returns to central London on Saturday 14 June 2025, bringing the full spectacle of Trooping the Colour back to Horse Guards Parade after weeks of exacting rehearsals. HIGHLIGHTS AT A GLANCE • Date & start time: Saturday 14 June 2025, 10:00 BST (public events begin from 09:15) • Route: Buckingham Palace → The Mall → Horse Guards Parade → The Mall → Palace balcony fly-past • Colour trooped: King’s Colour of No 7 Company, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards • Broadcast: live on BBC One & BBC iPlayer in the UK, plus global streaming on YouTube and Facebook Live WHAT’S NEW IN 2025 King Charles III will review his troops from a state landau rather than on horseback as he continues cancer treatment, with Queen Camilla seated beside him. A slimmer working-royal party is expected on the Buckingham Palace balcony, led by the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh and the Princess Royal. FULL SCHEDULE • Major General’s Review (first full dress rehearsal) – Saturday 31 May 2025 • Colonel’s Review – Saturday 7 June 2025 • King’s Birthday Parade – Saturday 14 June 2025 WHAT TO EXPECT ON THE DAY From 10:00 BST, 1,350 soldiers, 300 musicians and over 200 horses from the Household Division step off from Horse Guards. No 7 Company Coldstream Guards slow-march their Colour through the ranks before a Royal Salute signals the start of the RAF fly-past over The Mall. Crowds line the entire procession route; the best free vantage points fill by 08:00. HOW TO WATCH WORLDWIDE • UK: BBC One, BBC iPlayer (coverage from 09:15) • USA, Canada, Australia & elsewhere: live stream on the Royal Family’s official YouTube and most major news channels; time-conversion 05:00 EDT / 02:00 PDT. TICKETS & BALLOT Standing space on The Mall is free; seated grandstand places on Horse Guards are allocated by ballot (closed 24 March 2025). Prices ranged from £5–£15, making this one of the most affordable royal events of the year. Secondary resale is discouraged and ID checks operate at the gate. TRAVEL ADVICE Several Tube stations (Green Park, Charing Cross, Westminster) move to exit-only just before 10:00. Roads around St James’s Park remain closed until the RAF fly-past ends at roughly 13:00, so plan rail or riverboat alternatives. WHY THIS YEAR MATTERS The Coldstream Guards mark their 375th anniversary in 2025, adding extra pageantry to the parade; their newly consecrated King’s Colour bears fresh battle honours conferred by Charles III during a Windsor Castle ceremony last month. For royal watchers and military-history fans alike, Trooping the Colour 2025 offers a rare fusion of living tradition, state ceremony and jubilation — all in one morning on The Mall.