This week, King Charles III celebrated a major milestone — he had the first Trooping the Colour in his honor.
The newly crowned Sovereign, like his predecessors, enjoyed a lavish military parade, and a flypast and appeared on the famous Buckingham Palace balcony with the Royal Family by his side.
Queen Camilla, Prince William, Kate Middleton, and their young children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, were present at the event.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were not invited. King Charles decided to be more adventurous than Queen Elizabeth II, who used to arrive at the Palace via a fancy carriage.
King Charles was hoping to prove he is fit and a showman by riding a stunning horse in the streets of London alongside his son, Prince William, his brother, Prince Edward, and his sister Anne, Princess Royal.
While the other members of the Royal Family rode their horses elegantly, King Charles found himself struggling.
His Majesty, who had an unruly horse, was seen doing his best to calm and control the animal on multiple occasions.
Videos showed that King Charles wanted to take one direction, and his horse was determined to go somewhere else. Body language expert and royal commentator Judi James weighed in on the matter via Express to say: “While William and Edward sat bolt upright on their very calm horses, with right arms rigid at their sides, Charles frequently needed two hands on the reins and a series of pats that increased in intensity as his horse needed steering and correcting throughout the ride to the parade ground.”
According to the expert, after the disastrous horse ride, King Charles went to complain to Queen Camilla as they stood on the balcony.
However, Queen Camilla appeared to almost scold her husband for putting himself in a potentially dangerous situation.
The royal expert explained that Queen Camilla gave His Majesty a stern talk and added: “The King seemed to be complaining again to Camilla once he arrived beside the rostrum where she was standing, meaning instead of offering a smile of pride and support her body language suggested she was giving a rather stern-looking pep-talk that involved frowning and some firm-looking head baton nods.”
She added: “Trooping the Colour might have been slightly marred by the rather frisky horse that Charles seemed to be struggling with, which meant he rarely achieved the same kind of formal mounted pose that his son and siblings achieved riding behind him to the parade ground.”
She went on to share that Kate Middleton was unwilling to be dragged into the stern talk between Queen Camilla and the King.
Once Catherine, Princess of Wales, understood the nature of the conversation, she became uncomfortable and rapidly turned away.
She went on to reveal: “Kate took one glance at the conversation and turned her head away, clearly not wanting to get involved.”
King Charles is trying to bring something different to the British monarchy.
