and the more the crowd waved, the more louis waved, until his sister decided that that was probably enough. as the procession made its way down the mall, a group of animal rights protesters broke through the tight police cordon and attempted to disrupt one of the marching bands before being dragged away by police. on horse guards parade, the footguards had formed up plenty to look at for those newcomers to the parade, plenty to get used to for these newcomers. they will see it many times in years to come. absent from the parade, the duke of york, stripped of his role as honorary colonel of the grenadier guards. keen young eyes were watching from the windows overlooking the parade ground. the duke and duchess of sussex were also watching from the same building.
walking carefully and leaning on her stick. for the first time in her reign, she did not attend the parade itself. it had been left to the prince of wales to lead the royal party from buckingham palace down to horse guards parade. also riding on horseback, behind charles, were prince william, the duke of cambridge, and princess anne, the princess royal. and riding together in one of the carriages, the cambridges three children prince george, prince louis, waving away happily in the middle, and princess charlotte. and the more the crowd waved, the more louis waved, until his sister decided that that was probably enough. as the procession made its way down the mall, a group of animal rights protesters broke through the tight police cordon and attempted
to steal the show. 0verhead, there was a fly past, the finest britain s armed services could offer. watching was four year old louis, still waving for all he was worth fascinated by what he was seeing overhead one moment, clapping his hands to his ears the next. the queen, of course, has seen it all before. her 70 years on the throne were marked in style. the jubilee celebrations are under way. but once again, with the news tonight that she will not be at st paul s cathedral tomorrow, there is uncertainty about the degree to which she will be involved. nicholas witchell, bbc news, buckingham palace. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: up on the roof we ll tell you about a potential environmental revolution in rotterdam, with sky high ambitions.