Princess Anne on Horseback at Trooping the Colour
While Meghan Markle was beaming in her blush Carolina Herrera dress for her Trooping the Colour debut, and Duchess Kate looked lovely in her icy blue Alexander McQueen outfit up on the Buckingham Palace balcony, Princess Anne looked like a total badass wearing her military uniform and riding horseback in the Queen's annual birthday celebration.
The Princess Royal rode alongside her brothers Prince Charles and Prince Andrew and her nephew Prince William in the parade.
According to People, the reason Princess Anne rides horseback during Trooping the Colour, as opposed to arriving in a carriage like some of the other members of her family, is because she's a royal colonel, and more specifically she is a colonel of the Household Division, the Queen's guards who are on display at Trooping the Colour.
"Prince William and Prince Charles are royal colonels, which is a position given by the Queen to a member of the royal family that serves as Colonel-in-Chief of a regiment in the British army or navy," reporter Diana Pearl wrote last year.
"In addition to William and Charles, Prince Philip, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward are all royal colonels, as is the Queen herself, and a number of other royal cousins, like the Duke of Kent and The Duke of Gloucester."
After the parade Anne joined the rest of the royals up on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the flyover. Here she is on the far left:
As an avid equestrian, Anne typically rides during Trooping. For example, here she is back in 2016:
And again, in 2013:
While the Queen now arrives in a carriage to inspect her troops, she used to ride on horseback for the event like her daughter, and the resemblance is uncanny. Below, a few photos of the Queen at Trooping the Colour through the years.
The Queen and Prince Philip in 1965:
Leading her troops in 1981:
During the 1959 Trooping the Colour:
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