LONDON - With his face half-hidden under a bearskin hat, Prince William rode through central London on horseback Saturday as part of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday celebration.
The newlywed prince is taking part in the annual "Trooping the Colour," a procession held every year to mark the monarch's birthday.
His new bride Kate Middleton -- now officially the Duchess of Cambridge -- joined the royal family, riding in a horse-drawn carriage alongside William's younger brother Prince Harry, Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Andrew, the Duke of York. She wore an ivory jacket and black hat, and had pulled a blanket with a tartan blanket over her knees to ward off the early summer chill.
The queen turned 85 in April, but the public party for the monarch's birthday is held on a Saturday in June when the weather is better. The custom dates from 1748.William wore same red Irish Guards tunic with a blue sash that he wore at his April 29 wedding at Westminster Abbey and rose on a gray charger.
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