Queen Elizabeth 'scolded' Prince William at Trooping the Colour as she was unimpressed with him
The late Queen wasn't happy with Prince William at the 2016 Trooping the Colour.
Trooping the Colour is set to take place this weekend as the Royal Family prepare to celebrate King Charles' official birthday. The event is a huge celebration for the family as they will on congregate on the iconic Buckingham Palace balcony to watch the Royal Air Force flypast.
Watching the royals on the balcony is always a joy to see but it is not always smooth sailing. One memorable moment occurred back in 2016, when one member of the royal family was 'scolded' by the late Queen for an unexpected reason.
The late Queen appeared to be unimpressed with her grandson Prince William while standing on the balcony during the flypast, earning him a stern word from the monarch, writes The Mirror.
Princess Charlotte made her first Trooping the Colour debut not long after her first birthday and was being held by her mum Kate and young Prince George was being looked after by dad William.
George - who was just three years old at the time - stood at the front of the balcony and peered over the edge to wave to the thousands of people gathered around the Palace. William crouched next to the youngster to explain the flypast, meaning he was temporarily out of sight from the huge crowd.
The Queen was clearly unimpressed that the crowds wouldn't be able to get a clear view of William, and Her Majesty appeared to berate her grandson by saying: "Stand up William. Don't crouch." Of course, the prince did as he was told and rose immediately, looking rather sheepish.
The telling off during the fly past was not the first occasion the monarch has had a word with William, as William explained in a Sky News documentary to mark the Queen's 90th birthday in 2016.
At the time, the Prince of Wales spoke candidly about an incident in his childhood that landed him in hot water with his grandmother, as he and his cousin Peter Philips were caught misbehaving while riding a quad bike at Balmoral.
He said: 'We were chasing Zara around who was on a go-kart, and Peter and I managed to herd Zara into a lamppost and the lamppost came down and nearly squashed her.
'I remember my grandmother being the first person out at Balmoral running across the lawn in her kilt. She came charging over and gave us the most almighty b******ing, and that sort of stuck in my mind from that moment on.'
As heir to the throne, William made his Trooping the Colour balcony debut before his first birthday in 1984. In 2011, newly married to Kate Middleton, William took part in his first Trooping the Colour parade and rode on horseback , which he is expected to do again this year.
The Trooping the Colour event, which takes place every year in June, has been held to mark the sovereign's official birthday since the accession of King George IV in 1820, except during the world wars and a national strike in 1955. In 2020, a scaled-back version of the celebration was held at Windsor Castle due to the Covid pandemic.
Trooping the Colour 2025, officially known as The King's Birthday Parade, will take place on Saturday June 14, in London.
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