King Charles Reportedly Plans to Break Royal Tradition Next Week [Video]

King Charles III will ride in the 2024 Trooping the Colour parade next week, but he will not be riding on horseback. The 75-year-old monarch returned to public-facing duties recently in spite of his ongoing cancer treatment, but not at the capacity he once worked at. According to a report by The Daily Mail, he will skip the traditional horseback ride and carry out the ceremony in a horse-drawn carriage instead.

King Charles signaled a return to tradition in 2023 – his first Trooping the Colour as monarch. While his mother had been doing the parade in a carriage for decades, the king rode on the back of his black mare, Noble, which came with its own problems. If his age weren’t enough to skip the equestrian challenge, his diagnosis makes it pretty forgivable as far as most pundits are concerned. The parade will take place on Saturday, June 15 to celebrate …