The monarch wore a black armband to honor the victims of the Air India crash at his annual birthday celebration.

The monarch’s annual birthday parade, known as Trooping the Colour, is a historic ceremony filled with pageantry and military bands in which the king reviews his troops on Horse Guards Parade adjacent to St.

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King Charles III may be a monarch, but his track record suggests that he is willing to have a laugh on TV when an opportunity presents itself, shown by his interaction with Team GB icon Sir Mo Farah

Ahead of Saturday's festivities, King Charles III also honored a handful of celebrities and public figures, including David Beckham, Gary Oldman and Elaine Paige.

King Charles will celebrate his official birthday with the Trooping the Colour parade on Saturday. Military pomp and pageantry will be on display in central London to mark the milestone, with the Queen,