Royal greeting from the balcony, Charles and Kate dominate the scene

LONDON, JUNE 15 – The greeting of the senior British royals from the balcony of Buckingham Palace, after returning from the Whitehall parade in an at times pouring rain, has sealed in these minutes the celebration of the official birthday of King Charles III. The sovereign, with Queen Camilla, took center stage together with the Princess of Wales, Kate, returning to public after almost 7 months marked by their shared battle against cancer, with her husband William and her children George, Charlotte and Louis. Thousands of subjects cheered. The ritual passage of the RAF aerobatic team was affected by the weather. King Charles, who came out first with Camilla as per protocol, seemed smiling but also thoughtful, with Kate on his right and the queen consort on the left; while from below there are shouts of good wishes from the subjects and the invocation “God save the king”. The sovereign conversed intensely with his daughter-in-law, alternating glances upwards and greetings to the people. The leaden sky that was opened just in time, after a last shower of water, to allow the low flight of several military and transport aircraft, culminating in the traditional passage over London and over the building of the Red Arrows (Red Arrows ) of the RAF aerobatic team, followed by the red, white and blue trail of the Union Jack colours. The greeting ceremony from the balcony ended with the national anthem, while before the royals’ exit the notes – evidently of hope – of a very famous American song, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, theme from the film ‘The Wizard of Oz’, were echoed ‘, played just as someone spotted the traces of a rainbow in the clouds. The event saw the presence of all the “active” senior members of the House of Windsor: the King and Queen, the Princess of Wales, Kate, with her husband and heir to the throne Willam and their three children (George, Charlotte and irrepressible Louis), two brothers of the sovereign with their respective consorts (the Duke of Edinburgh, Edward, and the Princess Royal, Anne), as well as the Dukes of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent, cousins ​​of the late Elizabeth II. However, the absence of Charles and Diana’s second son, Prince Harry, who remained in the USA with his wife and two children, is obvious, as he no longer has an active role as an official representative of the dynasty following his separation from the royal family in 2020 and the subsequent move to California.