Thousands of defiant royal fans armed with umbrellas pour into Mall for Trooping the Colour to show support for Princess Kate and wish the King a happy birthday despite it promising to be a washout with thunderstorms

Royal fans stood successful the rainfall connected The Mall contiguous arsenic the Princess of Wales is acceptable to marque her archetypal nationalist quality this twelvemonth by joining the royals astatine Trooping the Colour.

Kate, who has been receiving attraction for an undisclosed signifier of cancer since precocious February, volition thrust successful a carriage alongside her 3 children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, for the accepted procession done London today.

Later, she is expected to stitchery with King Charles and Queen Camilla, her hubby Prince William and different royals connected Buckingham Palace's balcony for the RAF flypast.

The household were photographed arriving astatine Buckingham Palace conscionable aft 10am, with George sitting betwixt Kate and William, and Charlotte and Louis sat opposite, portion Charles and Camilla were pictured riding successful a abstracted car. 

Scotland Yard has a 'substantial' policing cognition for the event, with anti-monarchy radical Republic allowed to protestation but banned from utilizing amplified sound. Members of the radical were filmed booing the Royal convoy arsenic it drove past.

In a station connected X today, Republic said: 'It's a beauteous sunny time (so far) for a protest! Join us, extracurricular Buckingham Palace from 9.00am. #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy.' 

Hundreds of Metropolitan Police officers volition beryllium deployed connected the ceremonial way to guarantee the information and information of attendees, with tens of thousands expected.

Organisers person advised the nationalist to basal connected The Mall oregon connected the borderline of St James's Park overlooking Horse Guards Parade from 9am, with the parade starting astatine 10am. Coverage connected BBC One begins astatine 10.30am and concludes aft the flypast astatine 1pm.

Crowds gathered connected a cloudy greeting amid choky information extracurricular Buckingham Palace this morning, with galore holding Union flags.

A radical of astir 2 twelve protestors from the anti-monarchy radical Republic besides gathered other Buckingham Palace waving achromatic and yellowish banners proclaiming 'Not My King' and 'Abolish The Monarchy.'

Among the galore royalists was 60-year-old Joseph Afrane decked retired successful a Union Jack T-shirt, shades and trousers.

Mr Afrane, from Battersea, southbound London, is simply a regular astatine Royal events.

He said: 'I person travel present to enactment the Royal family.

'I was peculiarly pleased erstwhile I heard the Princess of Wales would beryllium joining us.

'The Royal household bash a large occupation for the country. and enactment tons of charities.

'They besides bring a batch of tourists to the state which boosts the economy.

'Without the Royal household determination would beryllium nary Britain, successful my opinion.'

Political creator Kaya Mar was among spectators gathered to ticker the royal procession down The Mall.

The 67-year-old had brought 2 lipid paintings, 1 of the King and different of the Princess of Wales, her hubby and their children.

Mr Mar told the PA quality agency: 'The royal household are similar an anchor for uncertain times - particularly erstwhile you spot the messiness of politicians.'

He added: 'They are the lone dependable governmental instauration amid the turmoil successful the United Kingdom and, really, what is the lone dependable instauration for the aboriginal of this country?

'It's inactive royalty. They're harmless. They're not politicians. Whether you're right, left, middle, immoderate it is, you look up to them.'

The creator said his coating of Kate, which invoked Biblical imagery comparing her to Mary, was intended to poke amusive astatine the 'religious fervour' helium thought surrounded the commencement of her astir caller child, Prince Louis, successful 2018.

Charles Emberton, 50, travelled from his location successful Boston, Lincs, to be the ceremony.

Mr Emberton, who besides attended the Queen's ceremonial and King Charles' coronation, said: 'There is simply a beauteous consciousness of assemblage astatine these events.

'I met Kate, William and Charles astatine the Coronation.'

His person Jarrod Grabham, primitively from Bathurst successful Australia but present teaching past successful Wembley, northbound westbound London, said: 'My large grandma ever said 'I americium a British subject' adjacent though she ne'er near New South Wales.

'The Queen was a large illustration to everyone and ne'er fto america down, dissimilar a batch of politicians.

'The monarchy is an instauration that has been going for implicit 1,000 years. and is simply a root of pridefulness for a batch of people.'

Republic CEO Graham Smith said erstwhile members of the subject were among the protestation group.

Mr Smith, from Sunderland, said: 'The main intent of the protestation is to amusement that we are not a state of royalists.

'We are besides unhappy astir the mode the Royal household misuse the subject by wearing ranks and uniforms.'

One of the protestors, Ian Foster a erstwhile subordinate of the Royal Artillery who served successful Northern Ireland, said: 'We privation a caput of authorities who is not calved of privilege.

'I didn't articulation the Army to service the Queen ,but to honour my expansive parents who were successful the Royal Artillery and the Wrens.'

Jane Ing, 61, said she had travelled from Yorkshire with her hubby and a person to witnesser the royal procession done The Mall up of the ceremony.

She said: 'The ceremonial is portion of our heritage. It's an iconic parade and accumulation of our royal household that we should beryllium arrogant astir and travel to support.'

She added it was 'lovely' that Kate has announced she volition beryllium successful attendance.

And royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told MailOnline: 'Kate's quality contiguous is pivotal arsenic the royal household is overmuch weakened by 2 elder members warring cancer. It is particularly important arsenic we person not seen her connected an authoritative engagement since December.

'It is clear, some from the moving video connection successful March and from the connection released yesterday, that she is resilient.

'The caller photograph emphasises this facet of her quality too, but she is besides having an highly pugnacious time, arsenic those undergoing chemotherapy usually do.

'The details we were fixed of her information are an effort to assistance different sufferers from this pernicious disease.

'There volition beryllium sizeable speculation arsenic to what events she volition beryllium capable to be during the summer. They volition person a precise peculiar cachet arsenic today's Birthday Parade will. She is simply a precise peculiar idiosyncratic with a spot successful each our hearts.'

Last night, Kate issued a candid connection outlining her idiosyncratic crab travel and said she is experiencing 'good days and atrocious days' arsenic she undergoes chemotherapy.

But she has begun to enactment from home, undertaking meetings with her instauration and Kensington Palace team, and hopes 'to articulation a fewer nationalist engagements implicit the summer' but stressed 'I americium not retired of the woods yet'.

The princess has been receiving attraction for an undisclosed signifier of crab since precocious February and her determination to take a large nationalist lawsuit contiguous to instrumentality concisely to the nationalist spotlight, the archetypal clip since Christmas Day, has been welcomed by the King.

A caller photograph of the royal, taken earlier this week successful the grounds of the Windsor Castle estate, shows Kate successful a astute casual outfit stood successful a tranquil mounting against a weeping willow histrion adjacent a assemblage of water.

She said successful her statement: 'I americium making bully progress, but arsenic anyone going done chemotherapy volition know, determination are bully days and atrocious days. On those atrocious days you consciousness weak, bushed and you person to springiness successful to your assemblage resting.

'But connected the bully days, erstwhile you consciousness stronger, you privation to marque the astir of feeling well.

'My attraction is ongoing and volition beryllium for a fewer much months. On the days I consciousness good enough, it is simply a joyousness to prosecute with schoolhouse life, walk idiosyncratic clip connected the things that springiness maine vigor and positivity, arsenic good arsenic starting to bash a small enactment from home.'

The princess volition beryllium joined by her 3 children successful a carriage for the accepted procession to Trooping the Colour and aboriginal they volition stitchery with different royals connected Buckingham Palace's balcony.

Kate said: 'I'm looking guardant to attending the King's Birthday Parade this play with my household and anticipation to articulation a fewer nationalist engagements implicit the summer, but arsenic knowing I americium not retired of the woods yet.

'I americium learning however to beryllium patient, particularly with uncertainty. Taking each time arsenic it comes, listening to my body, and allowing myself to instrumentality this overmuch needed clip to heal.'

The aboriginal Queen has received thousands of letters and cards from well-wishers, immoderate sharing their ain battles with cancer, and Kate said she had been 'blown away' by the 'kind messages' that had made a 'world of quality to William and maine and has helped america some done immoderate of the harder times'.

A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: 'His Majesty is delighted that the princess is capable to be tomorrow's events, and is overmuch looking guardant to each elements of the day'.

The princess's nationalist quality astatine Trooping volition beryllium her archetypal authoritative outing of 2024 aft she missed engagements astatine the commencement of the twelvemonth erstwhile she was admitted to infirmary for abdominal country connected January 16.

At the clip her information was thought to beryllium non-cancerous but tests aft the palmy cognition recovered the disease, and Kate disclosed the aesculapian improvement successful an affectional video released successful March.

Trooping volition not people the commencement of a instrumentality to full-time duties, and Kate has nary plans to be the Garter Day work connected Monday oregon Royal Ascot, arsenic she is inactive undergoing treatment, with the royal appearing to bespeak successful her connection it volition past until the extremity of summer.

Chemotherapy tin beryllium utilized adjacent erstwhile surgeons judge they person removed each the cancer, owing to the hazard the illness mightiness travel back, and it tin trim the chances of a caller cancer.

Kate has been holding meetings with her palace staff, the Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales and her Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood, which successful the aboriginal volition beryllium noted successful the Court Circular, the authoritative grounds of royal events.

A Kensington Palace spokesperson said: 'The prince is pleased to spot the princess starting to prosecute with the enactment and projects that are important to her.

'He volition proceed to absorption his clip connected supporting his woman and children, portion continuing to undertake his nationalist duties.'

A clip framework has not been acceptable for Kate's instrumentality to a afloat docket of nationalist engagements arsenic she is being fixed clip to convalesce and retrieve earlier full-time work.

Trooping volition beryllium a peculiar lawsuit for the princess arsenic Number 9 Company, Irish Guards, a regiment she represents arsenic Colonel, volition beryllium Trooping their King's Colour today, but Lieutenant General Sir James Bucknall volition instrumentality the salute connected her behalf.

The King, who is besides undergoing crab treatment, volition not thrust during the ceremonial but volition inspect the troops formed up successful Horse Guards Parade successful Whitehall from a carriage.

Meanwhile Rishi Sunak has said it is 'wonderful news' that Kate is attending the event.

During a property league astatine the G7 successful Italy, helium said: 'It's evidently wonderful, fantastic news. The full state volition beryllium down the Princess of Wales for her recovery.

'I saw her connection earlier, I thought it was brave, I thought it was honorable and I'm definite it volition bring an tremendous magnitude of comfortableness to truthful galore different radical who are grappling with akin wellness challenges, truthful I deliberation she deserves tremendous praise for what she said and it volition beryllium large to spot her determination tomorrow.'

Meanwhile a 'substantial' policing cognition volition beryllium successful spot during Trooping the Colour, with an anti-monarchy radical banned from utilizing amplified sound.

Hundreds of Metropolitan Police officers volition beryllium deployed on the ceremonial way to guarantee the information and information of attendees amid a planned objection by unit radical Republic.

Scotland Yard has imposed a information nether Section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 prohibiting protesters from utilizing systems to amplify dependable 'within the footprint' of Trooping the Colour betwixt 8am and 3pm.

Chief Superintendent Colin Wingrove said: 'Trooping the Colour holds nationalist value and arsenic you would expect with this ceremonial lawsuit determination is simply a important information cognition to guarantee everyone who attends and participates tin bash truthful successful a harmless and unafraid way.

'Alongside colleagues astatine the Ministry of Defence and the Royal Parks, our policing program has focused connected achieving this aim.'

He added: 'It's imperative this lawsuit is safe, which is wherefore on with our partners we person considered factors, specified arsenic however amplified sound could disrupt and interaction mounted regiments taking part.

'We person besides taken into relationship the views of Republic. Our concern, on with partners, is that amplified sound could origin a nationalist information contented and superior disruption to the lawsuit and crowds attending.

'That is wherefore the Met has taken a considered determination to enforce a information prohibiting amplified sound.'

Republic, which campaigns for the abolition of the monarchy and its replacement with a straight elected caput of state, said the protestation volition spell up without amplified sound.

Chief enforcement Graham Smith said: 'We don't hold with their reasons but we person to spell on with it due to the fact that different we'll beryllium arrested.

'It isn't a large problem, we've got rather large voices.'

The latest update connected Kate comes aft her video connection revealing her diagnosis backmost successful March.

In that announcement, Kate highlighted the value of giving her children - George, Charlotte and Louis - clip and abstraction to travel to presumption with their mother's illness.

The princess' large nationalist task is supporting the aboriginal years improvement of children, and past twelvemonth she launched her semipermanent run Shaping Us, described arsenic her 'life's work' and aimed astatine highlighting the important archetypal 5 years of a child's life.

Kate has cautiously carved retired this nationalist relation focusing connected the wellbeing of children and intelligence wellness since marrying the Prince of Wales successful 2011 and becoming an HRH.

She remains adjacent to her parents Carole and Michael Middleton and siblings Pippa Matthews and James Middleton, and had a blessed location beingness increasing up.

Catherine Elizabeth Middleton was calved to the Middletons astatine the Royal Berkshire Hospital successful Reading connected January 9 1982.

She was christened astatine the parish religion of St Andrew's Bradfield successful Berkshire connected June 20 the aforesaid year.

Amman successful Jordan was location to Kate and her household for a fewer years successful the mid-1980s, wherever she attended a nursery schoolhouse from the property of three, earlier the household returned to Berkshire.

At 13, she went to the exclusive backstage Marlborough College successful Wiltshire, wherever she part-boarded.

She graduated successful 2005 with a 2:1 successful past of creation from St Andrews University, wherever she met and began dating William, whom she joined astatine Westminster Abbey successful 2011.

She was dubbed 'Waity Katie' by the property for her patience during their agelong courtship, and was described by William successful their engagement interrogation arsenic having 'a truly naughty consciousness of humour'.

A keen photographer, the princess usually takes the publically released photos of her children to people their birthdays.

Kate is besides known for being fit, sporty and competitory astatine squad games and adjacent enjoys the thrill of acold h2o swimming.

In an interrogation past September with erstwhile rugby planetary Mike Tindall, who is joined to her husband's relative Zara, she said her household were 'always active'.

'I accidental arsenic a household we were conscionable precise active,' she said 'And I tin ever retrieve being physical, utilizing our bodies, whether it's walking, climbing the water territory successful Scotland... swimming from a young age.'

Kate besides spoke astir the attraction of a chilly dip: 'Cold swimming - the colder, the better. I perfectly emotion it. Slightly to the constituent wherever William's (saying) 'You're crazy' and it's acheronian and it's raining'. I volition spell and question retired acold water. I emotion it.'

Kate was initially admitted to infirmary for abdominal country connected January 16 and astatine the clip her information was thought to beryllium non-cancerous, but crab was recovered aft a palmy operation.

Kate has been receiving regular doses of drugs, which termination existing crab cells and tin assistance forestall the illness returning, with her chemotherapy attraction believed to person begun successful precocious February.

The princess was diagnosed aft a large abdominal cognition successful January, and it was initially thought she did not person the disease, but tests aft country recovered crab had been present.

Chemotherapy tin beryllium utilized adjacent erstwhile surgeons judge they person removed each the cancer, due to the fact that of the hazard the illness mightiness travel back, and it tin trim the chances of a caller cancer.

Professor Bob Phillips, prof of paediatric oncology astatine the University of York, said: 'For immoderate types of cancers, chemotherapy tin beryllium fixed after, to enactment to 'mop up' if determination are immoderate crab cells left.

'The worth of this varies betwixt crab types, and adjacent the size and spot of the aforesaid crab type.'

Prof Andrew Beggs, advisor colorectal surgeon astatine the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, echoed Prof Phillips' comments, saying preventive chemotherapy was 'a spot similar mopping a level with bleach erstwhile you've spilt thing connected it, chemotherapy kills immoderate spilt cells'.

There are galore antithetic types of chemotherapy drugs and patients tin instrumentality the attraction via tablets astatine home, with regular check-ups from aesculapian staff, oregon intravenously, with the liquid cause fed into the assemblage done a vein during an outpatient infirmary appointment.

Chemotherapy tin besides beryllium combined with different treatments similar radiotherapy to marque them much effective, and the magnitude of attraction depends connected the signifier and benignant of cancer.

Prof Phillips said the timeframe for chemotherapy attraction was 'hugely variable', adding that it was 'traditionally betwixt 4 and six 'cycles' (blocks) of chemo, each rhythm lasting 21 days and consisting of a time oregon fewer days of chemo'.

He added determination would past beryllium 'time for the assemblage to retrieve from it, portion the chemo keeps damaging the crab cell.

'There are besides immoderate which are daily, immoderate which are four-weekly and immoderate which are two-weekly'.

The attraction has broadside effects, arsenic steadfast cells are damaged alongside crab cells, and patients tin acquisition tiredness, vomiting, hairsbreadth nonaccomplishment and person an accrued hazard of getting infections, dry, sore oregon itchy tegument and bowel issues.

More than 375,000 radical are diagnosed with crab each twelvemonth successful the UK, and determination are much than 167,000 deaths from the disease.

Half of radical with crab past for a decennary oregon longer aft diagnosis. Cancer endurance depends connected the crab benignant and whether the illness is caught early.

Breast crab is the astir communal crab successful the UK, followed by prostate cancer, lung crab and bowel cancer.

Asked whether property was a origin successful endurance rates and the occurrence of chemotherapy treatment, Prof Phillips said: 'Sort of, but not successful a elemental way.

'Generally speaking, the healthier idiosyncratic is earlier crab treatment, the person to optimal the magnitude of chemo and the gaps betwixt chemo tin be.

'Generally, the younger idiosyncratic is, the healthier they volition be.'

Prof Beggs said: 'Young onset crab is by nary means rare. I tally a session for early-onset crab successful adults and we are seeing much and much radical successful their 40s with cancer.'

He went on: 'Age has nary effect connected the occurrence complaint of chemotherapy but erstwhile the cancers are 'immune hot', which are commoner successful young people, successful this lawsuit a benignant of chemotherapy called immunotherapy could beryllium given.

'Young radical besides amended tolerate higher doses of chemotherapy and truthful tin beryllium fixed stronger regimens that are much apt to termination immoderate leftover cells.'

Last Saturday, Kate wrote a missive to the Irish Guards to apologise for not being capable to instrumentality the salute and privation them luck for The Colonel's Review successful London.

The Prince of Wales gave a affirmative update astir his wife's attraction during a sojourn to the Isles of Scilly successful May, saying 'she's doing well' erstwhile asked by a infirmary administrator.

William spent a fig of weeks with Kate and their children during the Easter holidays earlier returning to nationalist enactment successful mid-April.

Charles was admitted to infirmary conscionable days aft Kate, besides for a process deemed unrelated to cancer.

In February, Buckingham Palace confirmed that helium had been diagnosed with a signifier of cancer, which is not prostate cancer, that was discovered portion the King was being treated astatine the backstage London Clinic for an enlarged prostate.

In wishing the monarch a afloat recovery, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said thankfully the crab had been 'caught early'.

Charles initially postponed public-facing duties but resumed astatine the extremity of April, speaking of his 'shock' astatine being diagnosed with crab arsenic helium met patients connected a sojourn to University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre successful cardinal London.

His quality astatine a D-Day lawsuit successful Portsmouth past week was his archetypal nationalist code and astir high-profile quality since his crab diagnosis.

The Queen provided an update connected her husband's wellness astatine the Queen's Reading Room Literary Festival astatine Hampton Court Palace successful Surrey past Saturday, telling writer Lee Child the King is 'doing fine' but 'won't dilatory down and won't bash what he's told'.

Sarah, Duchess of York announced a aesculapian process astatine the opening of 2024, erstwhile she revealed a diagnosis of malignant melanoma, a signifier of tegument cancer.

It was her 2nd crab diagnosis wrong a year, having been diagnosed with bosom crab the summertime before, which led to her undergoing a mastectomy and consequent reconstructive surgery.

She had discovered an aboriginal signifier of bosom crab during a regular mammogram screening.

'Naturally different crab diagnosis has been a shock, but I'm successful bully spirits and grateful for the galore messages of emotion and support,' Sarah said connected Instagram.

Princess Beatrice shared an update connected her mother's wellness connected This Morning successful May erstwhile she said the duchess was 'all clear' and 'doing truly well'.

In precocious February, calamity befell Prince Michael of Kent's household erstwhile Thomas Kingston, the hubby of Prince Michael's daughter, Lady Gabriella Windsor, died from a 'catastrophic caput injury' with a weapon recovered adjacent to his body.

For galore years, it was the estrangement of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex that dominated sermon astir the royal household aft the brace stepped down arsenic moving royals successful 2020.

Having relocated to Montecito, California, Harry has returned to the UK infrequently but did truthful aft the King's crab diagnosis.

Though the duke lone conducted a whirlwind 45-minute gathering with his father, Harry suggested that the King's crab diagnosis could pb to a reconciliation with the family.

Asked by a US meal amusement if the diagnosis could person a 'reunifying effect', the duke replied: 'Yeah, I americium sure.'

In May, a spokesperson for Harry said helium 'hopes' to spot his begetter 'soon' aft the King's 'full programme' meant a reunion was not imaginable during the duke's UK travel to observe his Invictus Games.

Meanwhile, starring crab charities person praised Kate for her 'thoughtful words' that volition 'resonate' with many.

A Macmillan Cancer Support spokesperson said: 'Her Royal Highness, The Princess of Wales' thoughtful words connected her attraction acquisition volition resonate with, and supply inspiration for, truthful galore radical with crab who are successful a akin situation.

'For galore people, managing the effects of crab attraction tin beryllium challenging. Day successful time retired we perceive from radical astir the interaction attraction is having connected their affectional wellbeing, arsenic good arsenic the carnal symptoms and broadside effects they are experiencing, specified arsenic tiredness, insomnia, nausea and more.'

Dame Laura Lee, main enforcement of crab enactment foundation Maggie's, of which the Queen is president, said: 'It's fantastic that Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales feels good capable to beryllium astatine Trooping the Colour.

'Her connection echoes precisely what we perceive successful our centres each time - that with crab determination are bully days and atrocious days, and nary 2 experiences of crab are ever the same.

'Her remark that it is important to spell with however you consciousness each time is perfectly existent and I americium definite that volition resonate with a immense fig of radical surviving with cancer.'

Kate announced she was having chemotherapy successful a recorded video connection connected March 22, aft tests pursuing her country recovered crab had been present.