Queen Elizabeth II attended Trooping the Colour in every year of her reign, except in 1955 when the event was cancelled due to a national rail strike. Having ridden her mare Burmese between 1969 and 1986, the Queen rode in a carriage from 1987 onward.
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Queen Elizabeth II attended Trooping the Colour every year of her reign, except in 1955 when a national rail strike resulted in the event being cancelled.
Description. Photograph of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the uniform of the Coldstream Guards riding Burmese during Trooping the Colour, 1985. Provenance.