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The Trooping of the Colour has marked the official B-day of the British Sovereign  for 260 years.  Source picture: Book cover Source picture: Wikipedia Who is participating? 1400 soldiers, 200 horses, 400 musicians come together each June in a display of military precision. All to mark the Queen's official B-Day.  What will happen?  It closes with an RAF fly-past, watched by Members of the Royal Family from the Balcony of Buckingham Palace. Once The Queen has arrived at the Horse Guard's Parade at Whitehall, she's greeted by a Royal Salute and carries out an inspection of the troops.  The Queen used to attend the Trooping of the Colour on horseback herself, but in recent years she travelled by carriage. source picture: Wikipedia Of course, this event is broadcasted by BBC.  Due to Covid-19, the edition of 2021 takes place at Windsor Castle.

Christmas day was in ancient times a popular day for lavish coronation ceremonies. On 25 December 800 Charlemagne was crowned Roman Emperor in the Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome by Pope Leo III. Charlemagne Statue in Paris France (taken in 2017) In 1025, Mieszko II Lambert, King of Poland had his ceremony at the Gniezno Cathedral in Poland. Mieszko II King of Poland Source picture: Wikipedia After the Battle of Hastings, the coronation of William the Conqueror took place on 25 December 1066 at Westminster Abbey in London. In 1076, Boleslaw II of Poland was crowned at the Gniezno Cathedral in Poland. In 1100 Baldwin I became King of Jerusalem. The ceremony took place at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. In 1130 the coronation of Roger II, King of Sicily took place in Palermo. On this day, it was not always party and fun with those coronations. One Emperor lost his throne on 25 December 820. It was Leo V of the B