The Queen’s Birthday Parade (Trooping the Colour), first rehearsal (Major General’s review). This is a colourful ceremony and parade with music, pageantry and the massed bands and troops of the Household Division, to celebrate the official birthday of Her Majesty The Queen. The parade starts at 11.00am. and lasts approximately one hour. This is the first rehearsal with the Major General commanding the Household Division taking the salute. Tickets (£5) are available to the public – applications before 29 February 2020. More details.