The British royal family commemorate the victims of Air India Avine Crash in Trooping the Color

King Carlos III and other members of the royal family in uniform carried black bracelets and observed a moment of silence during their annual birthday parade on Saturday to commemorate those who died this week. Air India air accident.

The king requested the symbolic movements “as a mark of respect for lost lives, families in the duel and all the communities affected by this horrible tragedy,” Buckingham Palace said.

A Air India Flight from the northwest city of Ahmedabad to London crashed Shortly after takeoff on Thursday, killing 241 people on board and at least 29 on the ground. The plane carried 169 Indians, 53 British, seven Portuguese and a Canadian. A man survived.

The annual birthday parade of the monarch, known as Trooping The Color, is a historical ceremony full of forest bands and military bands in which the king reviews his troops in the parade of the guards of horses adjacent to the St. James Park in downtown London.

The military ceremony dates back to an era when the flags of the battalion, known as colors, were “stumbled” or shown, to the soldiers in the ranks so that they could recognize them.

Charles, with a scarlet military uniform, traveled to the horsepower parade in an open carriage and horsepower accompanied by Queen Camilla. Prince William and other uniformed members of the royal family rode behind the king on horseback, followed by Kate, the princess of Wales and her three children in another open carriage.

The festivities presented 1,338 soldiers, including 244 musicians, who passed through the king after the moment of silence for those affected by the Air India disaster.

The royal family returned to Buckingham Palace, where they appeared on the balcony to greet the crowd and see an elevated step of military planes.

The end of the high pass was an appearance of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Exhibion, known as the red arrows, which for the first time used a combination of sustainable aviation fuel to feed its airplanes and generate its characteristics of red, white and blue smoke.

David Beckham, Gary Oldman, others honest by Charles

The former football star of England, David Beckham, Oscar’s winning actor Gary Oldman, and the renowned musical singer Elaine Paige were among the celebrities and public figures that were honored by King Carlos III before the troop of the color festivities.

Beckham, Goldman and Who, Roger Daltrey leader were appointed by the king, while Paige, the Brooker Prize -winning novelist Pat Barker, and former Conservative Government Minister, Penny Mordount, received Damehoods, the female equivalent of a cavalry.

The honors, whose objective is to reward people for their contributions to British life, are granted twice a year to celebrities and public figures, as well as the common people: once in the new year, and then in June mark the birthday of the king.

The winners are chosen by the officials of officials officials based on government and public nominations. The awards are generally awarded by the King or a high -level real performance in their place at Buckingham Palace.

“By growing in eastern London with parents and grandparents who were so patriotic and proud to be British, I could never have imagined that he would receive such a truly humble honor,” said Beckham, who was appointed gentleman for his services to sport and charity for his associations with UNICEF and the UN Children’s Fund.

Daltrey, recognized for services to the beneficial organization and music, has been a “Teenage Cancer Trust” patron since 2000. He said the prize humbled himself.

“It is a dream come true for me, but it is especially a dream because the beneficial organization means a lot,” he said.

Paige said she is proud, grateful, excited and surprised by the honor.

“I have all these different emotions to me at once,” he said.

• King Carlos III
• British royal family
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