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Evening Standard
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Tony Jones

King wears black armband in memory of India air disaster at Trooping the Colour

The King salutes as he leaves leaves Buckingham Palace ahead of Trooping the Colour (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Wire)

The King wore a black armband in tribute to those killed in the Air India plane crash as the Trooping the Colour ceremony staged in his honour began.

Charles’ official birthday was marked with a display of military pomp and pageantry but at the King’s request the event acknowledged the aviation disaster that claimed the lives of 241 passengers and crew, including more than 50 British nationals, as well as around 30 people on the ground.

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