• Princess Eugenie, Princess Beatrice, Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Peter Phillips, Autumn Phillips, Isla Phillips and Savannah Phillips on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during Trooping The Colour on June 9, 2018 in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Chris Jackson / Getty Images
    Princess Eugenie, Princess Beatrice, Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Peter Phillips, Autumn Phillips, Isla Phillips and Savannah Phillips on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during Trooping The Colour on June 9, 2018 in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Chris Jackson / Getty Images
  • Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive at The Royal Horseguards during Trooping The Colour ceremony in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
    Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive at The Royal Horseguards during Trooping The Colour ceremony in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
  • Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex return in a horse-drawn carriage after attending the Queen's Birthday Parade, 'Trooping the Colour' on Horseguards parade in London. The ceremony of Trooping the Colour is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. In 1748, it was decided that the parade would be used to mark the official birthday of the Sovereign. More than 600 guardsmen and cavalry make up the parade, a celebration of the Sovereign's official birthday, although the Queen's actual birthday is on 21 April. AFP / Niklas HALLEN
    Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Britain's Meghan, Duchess of Sussex return in a horse-drawn carriage after attending the Queen's Birthday Parade, 'Trooping the Colour' on Horseguards parade in London. The ceremony of Trooping the Colour is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. In 1748, it was decided that the parade would be used to mark the official birthday of the Sovereign. More than 600 guardsmen and cavalry make up the parade, a celebration of the Sovereign's official birthday, although the Queen's actual birthday is on 21 April. AFP / Niklas HALLEN
  • Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, take part in the Trooping the Colour parade in central London, Britain. REUTERS / Peter Nicholls
    Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, take part in the Trooping the Colour parade in central London, Britain. REUTERS / Peter Nicholls
  • Princess Eugenie and Sophie, Countess of Wessex during Trooping The Colour on the Mall in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Chris Jackson / Getty Images
    Princess Eugenie and Sophie, Countess of Wessex during Trooping The Colour on the Mall in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Chris Jackson / Getty Images
  • Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive at The Royal Horseguards during Trooping The Colour ceremony in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
    Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive at The Royal Horseguards during Trooping The Colour ceremony in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
  • Prince Charles, Prince of Wales during Trooping The Colour on the Mall in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Chris Jackson / Getty Images
    Prince Charles, Prince of Wales during Trooping The Colour on the Mall in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Chris Jackson / Getty Images
  • Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham palace during Trooping The Colour on the Mall in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Chris Jackson / Getty Images
    Queen Elizabeth II leaves Buckingham palace during Trooping The Colour on the Mall in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Chris Jackson / Getty Images
  • Britain's Queen Elizabeth takes part in the Trooping the Colour parade in central London, Britain. REUTERS / Simon Dawson
    Britain's Queen Elizabeth takes part in the Trooping the Colour parade in central London, Britain. REUTERS / Simon Dawson
  • Coldstream Guards and The Household Cavalry march down The Mall as part of Trooping the Colour in central London, Britain. REUTERS / Peter Nicholls
    Coldstream Guards and The Household Cavalry march down The Mall as part of Trooping the Colour in central London, Britain. REUTERS / Peter Nicholls
  • Members of the queen's personal troops, the Household Division during Trooping The Colour ceremony at The Royal Horseguards in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
    Members of the queen's personal troops, the Household Division during Trooping The Colour ceremony at The Royal Horseguards in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Dan Kitwood / Getty Images
  • Coldstream Guards, including Guardsman Charanpreet Singh Lall, aged 22, a Sikh from Leicester who is the first soldier to wear a turban during the Trooping the Colour parade, march down The Mall as part of Trooping the Colour in central London, Britain. REUTERS / Simon Dawson
    Coldstream Guards, including Guardsman Charanpreet Singh Lall, aged 22, a Sikh from Leicester who is the first soldier to wear a turban during the Trooping the Colour parade, march down The Mall as part of Trooping the Colour in central London, Britain. REUTERS / Simon Dawson
  • Coldstream Guards march down The Mall as part of Trooping the Colour in central London, Britain. REUTERS / Peter Nicholls
    Coldstream Guards march down The Mall as part of Trooping the Colour in central London, Britain. REUTERS / Peter Nicholls
  • Crowds line the Mall by Buckingham Palace during Trooping The Colour on the Mall in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Chris Jackson / Getty Images
    Crowds line the Mall by Buckingham Palace during Trooping The Colour on the Mall in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st. Photo by Chris Jackson / Getty Images

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Royal newlyweds attend Queen Elizabeth's birthday parade - in pictures

Watched by large crowds, the newlyweds arrived in a horse-drawn carriage as part of a procession

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June 09, 2018

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Prince Harry and his new wife Meghan Markle, now known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, attended the annual Trooping of the Colour ceremony on Saturday, the first time the couple have attended the Queen's birthday celebrations together.

About 1,000 soldiers marched to House Guards Parade in Whitehall, central London, as part of the ceremony, which marked Queen Elizabeth's 92nd birthday.

Watched by large crowds, the newlyweds arrived in a horse-drawn carriage as part of a procession. The event was attended by other senior royals including the Queen, Prince Charles and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Prince Philip, the Queen's husband, did not attend the event, having retired from public life last year.

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Harry and Meghan married in May at Windsor Castle, Queen Elizabeth's home to the west of London, in a show of British royal pomp and ceremony watched by millions of television viewers across the world.

On Saturday, Meghan was pictured wearing a pale pink dress with matching hat, while Harry was in military uniform.

Their public appearance together followed media speculation in recent weeks that they had been on honeymoon, although Kensington Palace, Harry's office, has not provided details of any trip. (Reporting by Sarah Young Editing by Helen Popper)

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