It’s hard to believe—as there has been so much packed into the first 21 months of King Charles’ reign that it somehow feels far longer—but this is only the King’s second Trooping the Colour as monarch since taking the throne in September 2022. His first, held last June and right on the heels of his May 6 Coronation, felt quite different from this one—one that saw the day start with dark skies, ample rain, and ominous weather, and end with, blessedly, the sun breaking through. The London weather, actually, is rather indicative of 2024 in the royal family: it has no question about it been a difficult season—dark, stormy, even ominous at times—but Trooping the Colour was the proverbial sun shining again, even when maybe, at one point, it felt like it never would.
