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Trooping the Colour this year. Royal Parks to clear up after the horses, which can leave up to 4.5 tons of manure behind during the event Trooping the Colour is taken extremely seriously every year, with troops taking up to 12 hours to prepare their uniforms and reported 1200 pots of polish used each year. The streets also need taking care of: a team of road sweepers is employed by the Royal Parks to clear up after the horses, which can leave up to 4.5 tons of manure behind during the event. Things kick off properly from around 10.30am, and will be broadcast live on BBC One. For those who want to watch in person, try lining the Mall or head up to the end of St James's Park which looks over Horse Guards Parade, or pick up a standing ticket for Ј2. Tickets to watch from the stand at Horse Guards Parade finish going on sale on March 1. June 9th Trooping the Colour, in layman's terms, is the Queen's birthday parade, which has taken place since 1748. It's annual – birthdays tend to work like that – and, since the 1950s, has always fallen on the second Saturday of June, the monarch's official celebration. This year, it takes place on June 9. After travelling from Buckingham Palace to Horse Guards Parade, The Queen inspects around 2,000 members of the Household Division and Horse Guards, made up of 1,400 soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians, who give her Majesty the royal salute. Then the Colour is Trooped – that is, a regimental flag (the 'Colour') is paraded ('Trooped') in front of the Queen. Though the flag changes yearly, it always come from one of Five Foot Guards regiments, either the Scots, Welsh, Irish, Grenadier and Coldstream guards. This year the 1st Battalion of the Irish Guards will be providing the Colour, the first time they have done so since 2009. Their Colonel is Prince William, who took the position in 2011. Back in the 1700s, the flag would be shown off so all troops would recognise it in battle. This parade is not a simple wave a fot. Face to Face/REPORTER

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