How the UK looked when a King last oversaw Trooping the Colour

Trooping the Colour takes place on Saturday 17 June and for the first time in 73 years, it will be a King who takes the salute. Held to celebrate the monarch's birthday each year, the ceremony is an impressive display of pageantry involving the sovereign's personal troops, the Household Division. For over seven decades, the parade celebrated Queen Elizabeth II, who actually took the salute as a princess for the first time back in 1951 as her father, King George VI, was ill. That means the last time a King took the salute at Trooping the Colour was in 1950 and here, The Independent looks back at what the world was like all those years ago. Watch more here at Independent TV https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/edit... Click here to subscribe to The Independent: https://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-Independent About The Independent: Making Change Happen. The Independent is the world’s most free-thinking newsbrand, providing global news, commentary and analysis for the independently-minded. Connect with The Independent: Check out our full video catalog:    / theindependent   Videos, daily editorial and more: http://www.theindy.com Click here to get the best of The Independent daily: https://www.independent.co.uk/newslet... Like The Independent on Facebook: https://www.fb.com/TheIndependentOnline Follow The Independent on Twitter:   / independent   Follow The Independent on Instagram:   / the.independent   Download the iOS & Android app: https://www.independent.co.uk/subscri... Help to support truly independent journalism. Every dollar you contribute will directly fund additional special reports and investigations from a free-thinking, award-winning newsroom you can trust - https://www.independent.co.uk/donations Subscribe to Independent Premium for exclusive content & live events: https://bit.ly/2MiOONB