Trooping the Colour was once an affair that saw the balcony at Buckingham Palace brimming with royals – including all the descendants and more distant relatives.
Over the last few years, civilians have noted the overall slimming down of the number of royal family members granted a spot on the balcony to watch the flyover.
But why? Our panel of experts – including Richard Eden, Robert Hardman and Richard Kay, answered this very question at Palace Confidential Live this week.
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