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appeared to take the lead in making sure his younger brother, , behaved during today's ceremony, after Prince William and youngest child was caught enjoying his time on the Buckingham Palace a little too much. King Charles's was celebrated this year with an by the Red Arrows and .

After the parade had finished, the royals gathered on the balcony at Buckingham Palace to watch a flypast of military aviation. The King and Queen stood alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales, their children , the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester.

They were seen as the planes flew over the palace.

, the royals waved at the thousands of people who had gathered to see him, with Louis appearing to be having a blast.

The young royal kept on waving both times the royals stopped, but it was his older brother, Prince George, who appeared to keep Louis's actions under control, after gently patting his left shoulder and urging him to stop.

Earlier in the day, the Wales siblings were spotted smiling and waving to the crowds lining the Mall while sat with their mother, the Princess of Wales, as they travelled from Buckingham Palace to .

They were snapped in an Ascot Landau, a four-wheeled luxury carriage with a roof, which is one of five kept by the Royal Mews and purchased during the reign of Queen Victoria. Prince William, meanwhile, participated in the grand military parade on horseback

The Royal Procession today was accompanied by the Sovereign's Escort of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment and the sounds of the Band of the Household Cavalry, led by two shire drum horses bearing solid silver kettle drums.

Senior officers taking part in Trooping also wore black armbands as a mark of respect for the aviation victims, as did the coachmen and women from the Royal Mews, driving carriages carrying members of the Royal Family or riding on a coach's lead horse as a postilion.

A minute's silence was observed after the King has inspected the guardsmen on the parade ground. It was signalled by a bugler sounding the Last Post and will end with the Reveille.

A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said the King had requested amendments to the Trooping the Colour programme "as a mark of respect for the lives lost, the families in mourning and all the communities affected by this awful tragedy".