The Princess of Wales has written to express her apologies that she will not attend a key rehersal event for this year’s Trooping the Colour ceremony, as the senior royal continues to recover from cancer treatment. In a letter to the Irish Guards regiment, of which she is lieutenant colonel, Kate Middleton said she was “very sorry” that she would be unable to make the salute during the Colonel’s Review on Saturday – the final rehearsal for the Trooping the Colour parade which marks the King’s birthday on June 15th. The letter was read out to troops in a video posted by the regiment on social media, which described the Irish Guards as “deeply touched” by Kate’s letter.
The princess wrote: “I wanted to write to you to let you know how proud I am of the entire regiment ahead of the Colonel’s Review and Trooping the Colour. “I appreciate everyone trooping the colour this year have been practising for months, and dedicating many hours to ensuring their uniforms and drill are immaculate. “Being your colonel remains an honour, and I’m very sorry that I’m unable to make the salute at this year’s colonel review.
Please pass on my apologies to the whole regiment. I do hope that I am able to represent you all once again very soon. “Please send my very best wishes and good luck to all involved.
” The letter was signed off with the phrase, quis separabit , a Latin motto derived from the bible and associated with the British Army in Ireland, meaning “wh.
