Trooping the colour

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Trooping the colour or the Queen's birthday is the Queen's official birthday ceremony. It is celebrated on the second of June. Queen Elizabeth II was born on 21st 1926 but the ceremony takes place in June because the is better. Trooping the colour means to show a . In the parade, the show the Queen their flags. It is a spectacular and colourful military parade on Horse Guards Parade with about 1,400 soldiers, 200 and 400 musicians. Members of the Royal Family and thousands of watch the ceremony in London. After the event, the Royal Family appears on the of Buckingham Palace to watch a Royal Air Force .