The annual display of British military might serves as a seasonally tweaked birthday celebration for the sitting monarch.

The royal family celebrated a successful Trooping the Colour event on June 14 with a new family portrait. In a post shared on the Duke and Duchess of Wales' Instagram account, Prince William and Kate Middleton and their kids,

After arriving at Buckingham Palace by car, Kate and the children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, 7, traveled in a traditional horse-drawn carriage down The Mall. Charlotte sat beside her mother, while her brothers faced backward across from them.