Harry and Meghan and Camilla and Kate

This is an excellent carriage to come tootling past you -- I know at least one Fug National was going to be in London for this, please let us know how it was! I love Kate's hat/updo situation here, and it's nice to see Meghan back out and about. (I like her Givenchy better without the wrap, which you'll see later in the slideshow.)

Meghan in Givenchy

"You guys, I'm very excited to be out of the house!!" "And I, Harry, am very excited that I have someone to sit next to me at this things!" I think last year, the Sussexes were in a carriage solo; please bring me all the Carriage Seating Logistics! (I suspect that's because they were freshly wed last year and it seemed right to give them a solo moment. Now they all get to be shoved into the carriage together as usual, as Harry usually rode with Camz and Kate before he got married.)

Harry and Meghan

I TOO would check Harry out in this uniform. 

I just thought this was a good snap -- I believe they're waiting for the parade to begin here. Everyone looks like they're conserving their energy for the Waveathon to come.

Camilla and Kate and Harry

Looks like it was windy! I can't remember if we've seen this hat on Kate before, but if it's new, it's very much like a hat she's had for ages, which I've always liked. (This one, that she wore to Zara's wedding. It's not the same hat, right? Right; that one is nuts from the front. Glad we got that sorted.) (OH WAIT YES, this is the same hat she wore to Meghan and Harry's wedding, which I also compared to the Zara Wedding Hat right right right right right.) I am personally a fan of the hat genre Look At All This Crazy Stuff Happening Under My Brim Here. Camilla, interestingly, looks a bit like she's wearing a Kate Outfit in that coatdress. What if these two have secretly Freaky Friday-ed?!?!

Bea and Euj and Jack

Welcome to your first Trooping The Color, Jack Brooksbank! (I like to think he and Meghan occasionally huddle at these things and have sotto voce convos about how weird it is to wave at people from a carriage.) 

As far as the girls go, yes Bea is wearing a dress we've previously seen on Sophie (do we think she BORROWED it from Sophie?) and Euj looks very cute even though her hat sort of looks like someone came by and give it a quick squozzle of whipped cream.

Louise and James

Lady Louise has got this down; meanwhile, little James is like, "I simply cannot with this ridiculous display."

QEII

"Happy official birthday to ME!!!!!"

Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Andrew and Princess Anne

I think to think Anne spends most of this day correcting everyone else's form and occasionally whacking them with her sword.

Trooping the Colour

The Brits do this VERY WELL. What a great shot this is.

Queen Elizabeth

Her Majesty looks delightful. Do you think she gets a birthday cake on this day, too? (I assume she gets one on her Actual For Real Birthday.) I would hope so.

All These People

Here is the Traditional Big-Ass Family Photo -- you can click on the arrow icon to enlarge it if you're on your computer, and if you're on your phone, you can just use your fingers to zoom as normal. One of your pointed out on Twitter that Zara and Mike are absent; I wonder where they are?

I love the chaos of getting everyone shoved out there on the balcony. All the children are predictably bonkers.

And now, time for a lengthy series of photos I'm calling The Adventures of Prince Louis. He VERY MUCH would like OTHER PEOPLE to carry him, especially if they've got medals on. LOOK AT ALL THESE INTERESTING MEDALS.

Prince Louis

He HATES Camilla's hat.

The Cambridges

In which everyone is DELIGHTED by the flypast except for poor George. POOR GEORGE is like, "EXCUSE ME BUT I CANNOT BELIEVE WE ARE ALL CRAMMED ON THIS BALCONY LIKE SARDINES AGAIN. I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT ITS STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY, FATHER. FATHER? FATHER!!!!"

Charlotte doesn't care. CHARLOTTE LOVES IT! (Look at Louis's grumpy face. I want to squash it!)

Kate is like, "ooooh, I also love a flypast!"

That look on Camilla's face as she is watching George is, I think, familiar to all people who've spent any time around small family members. 

Louis is ready for Daddy to hold him now THANK YOU. You'll notice that Charlotte continues to be VERY adept at waving.

George is HAPPY EVERYONE ELSE IS HAPPY, I SUPPOSE.

George: "EXCUSE ME, BUT IS IT AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS IF NO ONE NOTICES?" Charlotte: "I think that's the MOST existential crisis of all. HELLO, EVERYONE!!!!"  

Informative Caption tells me that Glasses there is one Albert Windsor, but I do not know how he is related to everyone. Regardless, he is DELIGHTED by Louis. (I'm also not sure who Mr Getting A Suit On With My Broken Arm Was Probably a Trial is, but I assume he's Albert Windsor's kid and not some random dapper broken armed stranger. He's cute too!)

George remembers when HE was delightful. Now he's the eldest and has so many responsibilities. 

"Don't worry, George. I'VE GOT THIS."

Kate in McQueen

This is, obviously, not reinventing the wheel, but Kate was never going to roll out in, like, a one-sleeves pleather jumpsuit and this is LOVELY on her. I really like the pleating details. (Have we seen her in this cross necklace before? I feel like....yes, but not recently, nor often. [EDIT: The folks at What Would Kate Do reminded me that the answer is yes.])

Harry and Meghan

It was hard to get a good look at Meghan's Givenchy since she and Harry are sort of shoved back there and ANDREW is in the way. MOVE OVER ANDREW. (Although I believe Andy is acting as his mother's escort since Philip is home watching the Women's World Cup.) However, I like it much better without the wrap --the white shoulders make it feel sort of nautical in an appealing way.

The Brooksbanks and the Wessexes

Jack looks very smart! (I love his glasses. Good for you, Euj.) Sophie BROUGHT IT this year (especially compared to last year when she wore that terrible dress with the scrunchie around her neck); Lady Louise is repeating her look from Euj's wedding, and looks very appropriate. James continues to look a bit grouchy. Edward is alive! (And actually in a very interesting uniform.)

Prince George

"YOU MUST BE SPEAKING IN JEST. WE CANNOT BE DOING THIS AGAIN!"

Prince Louis

"Expelliarmus!!! Huh. Why didn't that work?"

The Cambridges

These three look like trouble.

The Flypast

HIDEOUS!

Tiny Prince Louis Makes His Trooping The Colour Debut...

...and the Cambridge kids are just really REALLY cute.