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King Charles has asked the Royal Family taking part in the Trooping the Colour parade to wear black armbands, as a mark of respect to the victims of the Air India plane crash, Buckingham Palace said.
The King requested a minute's silence, which will come after his inspection of the parade on Saturday, in recognition of "the lives lost, the families in mourning and all the communities affected by this awful tragedy", a Palace spokesman said.
The Trooping the Colour ceremony in London marks the King's birthday, with 1,350 troops involved in the annual parade.
The King, who is receiving cancer treatment, is expected to travel in a carriage as he did last year, rather than riding on horseback.
