Trooping the Colour flypast: Time, locations and route map of RAF Red Arrows of King Charles' birthday parade

This Trooping the Colour ceremony will be held this Saturday as King Charles III views the spectacular event from his carriage.

The magnificent display in celebration of the monarch's birthday has thankfully been unaffected despite the General Election impacting several royal events.

A tradition, which dates all the way back to the 17th century, boasts 1,400 soldiers, 400 musicians as well as over 200 horses. 

The sovereign, 75, has remained keen to attend his birthday celebrations, which will attract thousands to the streets of London.

But where will the momentous flypast route take place and at what time? 

What is the flypast's route?

The King's birthday flypast route will be a formation of military RAF aircrafts.

According to the Express, the display will include the world-renowned Red Arrows as well as the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight which boasts a Lancaster Bomber.

Typically the show is joined by 12 other aircrafts including Hurricanes, a Dakota, two DHC-1 Chipmunks and Spitfires.

Additional aircrafts set to join in have not yet been confirmed. 

There will be several air restrictions in place before the flypast route begins, namely in the areas of East Anglia, Essex, London.

The formation will jet across several counties beginning it's journey from the Suffolk coast before sweeping across the Essex area before gracing London skies before drawing to a close at Reading.

What time is the flypast? 

The flypast will begin on the coast of Suffolk at around 11am, the Express reports. 

The slew of aircrafts will then head in land, passing through Ipswich at 12.30pm and then flying over Essex at 12.35pm.

If you call the commuting towns of Colchester of Chelmsford your home, then you may be in for a treat as the aircrafts will zoom by at about 12.40pm. 

Finally the magnificent air display will arrive in London from a north eastern direction, jetting above Hainault before reaching the bustling city centre.

It is predicted the spectacular formation will grace the skies above Buckingham Palace at 1pm.

After celebrating the monarch in the skies, the flypast will make their way out of London heading north west before ending their journey in Reading. 

How can I watch the flypast?

If you want to watch the whole ceremony, people can stand along The Mall or see the pageantry from the edge of St James's Park overlooking Horse Guards Parade.

The Trooping The Colour parade begins at Horse Guards Parade ar around 10.30am ending 35 minutes before the flypast occurs.

Advice is that anyone intending to do that arrives at about 9am for the event to begin from 10am.

For those wanting to watch from home, BBC One will be showing the whole event from 10.30am, with programming scheduled to end just after the flypast.

What will happen during Trooping The Colour? 

The popular event will attract big crowds, who will be seen waving flags as the parade moves from Buckingham Palace and down The Mall to Horse Guard's Parade.

Around 113 words of command will be given by the Officer in Command of the Parade. 

The parade route itself will begin at Buckingham Palace extending along The Mall to Horse Guards Parade, Whitehall and back again.

During the ceremony, Charles will be greeted by a royal salute, before carrying out an inspection of the troops, who are fully trained and operational soldiers wearing the ceremonial uniform of red tunics and bearskin hats.

After the massed bands have performed a musical 'troop', the escorted Regimental Colour is carried down the ranks.

The Foot Guards and the Household Cavalry will march past His Majesty, The King's Troop and the Royal Horse Artillery. 

The King is then expected to ride back to Buckingham Palace at the head of his Guards, before taking the salute at the Palace.

His Majesty will then join other members of the Royal Family on the palace balcony for the fly-past.