--- title: Meghan Markle Aces Her Appearance at Trooping the Colour description: Meghan Markle just showed up at Trooping the Colour for the big post-royal wedding event honoring Queen Elizabeth. canonical: https://time.com/5304430/meghan-markle-trooping-the-colour/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-09T10:49:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-12T19:27:47.000Z og:title: Meghan Markle Aced Her Trooping of the Colour Appearance og:description: She wore an off-the-shoulder Carolina Herrera dress og:url: https://time.com/5304430/meghan-markle-trooping-the-colour/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80ec9f2e221078ab/698932a822fb85e8f9e25dd9/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5147 og:image:height: 2895 og:image:alt: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at Trooping the Colour og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meghan Markle Aced Her Trooping of the Colour Appearance twitter:description: She wore an off-the-shoulder Carolina Herrera dress twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80ec9f2e221078ab/698932a822fb85e8f9e25dd9/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meghan Markle Aced the Queen's Birthday Bash at the 2018 Trooping of the Colour > Sponsored content. 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She paired the dress with a hat by Philip Treacy Meghan Markle wore a pale pink off-the-shoulder dress by Carolina Herrera for her Trooping the Colour debut on Saturday, June 9, 2018\. She paired the dress with a hat by Philip Treacy Chris Jackson—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Updated: Dec 12, 2023 7:27 PM UTCPublished: Jun 9, 2018 10:49 AM UTC Meghan Markle and Prince Harry may be newlyweds, but that wouldn’t stop them from their official royal duties at the [Trooping the Colour 2018](http://time.com/5261475/trooping-the-colour-2018-date-details/) in London. On Saturday, the newly minted Duchess of Sussex attended the annual Queen’s birthday parade. A longstanding tradition, the event is so called because military units show their “colours,” or flags, and then troop (march) around. As many as 1,400 soldiers performed drills to honor the day, and thousands line the streets to watch the fanfare. Unsurprisingly, most of the eyeballs were on the new family addition. Meghan wore an off-the-shoulder Carolina Herrera dress in pale pink with a matching Philip Treacy hat.  Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, arrive at The Royal Horseguards during Trooping the Colour ceremony on June 9, 2018 in London, England Dan Kitwood—Getty Images  Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during Trooping The Colour on June 9, 2018 in London, England Chris Jackson—Getty Images She came. She waved. She conquered. There Meghan was, smiling for the crowds, sharing a carriage with her new husband, Prince Harry. Later, Meghan made her royal balcony debut – albeit in the second row – as the British royals appeared before the cheering crowds outside Buckingham Palace. She attended Prince Charles’ 70th Birthday Patronage Celebration on May 22, but this event is her first widely watched appearance following her honeymoon after the [royal wedding on May 19](http://time.com/5276277/royal-wedding-live/).  (From left to right) Princess Eugenie, Princess Beatrice, Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall, Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Peter Phillips, Autumn Phillips, Isla Phillips and Savannah Phillips on the balcony of Buckingham Palace during Trooping The Colour on June 9, 2018 in London, England Chris Jackson—Getty Images  Camilla, Duchess Of Cornwall, and Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, during Trooping the Colour on the Mall on June 9, 2018 in London, England Chris Jackson—Getty Images  Queen Elizabeth II arrives at The Royal Horseguards during the Trooping The Colour ceremony on June 9, 2018 in London, England. The annual ceremony involving over 1,400 guardsmen and cavalry, is believed to have first been performed during the reign of King Charles II. The parade marks the official birthday of the Sovereign, even though the Queen's actual birthday is on April 21st Dan Kitwood—Getty Images Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, and her mother-in-law, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, followed close behind Meghan and Harry. Kate wore an Alexander McQueen dress and a Juliette Botterill hat in an ice blue that matched Camilla’s attire. Prince George and Prince Charlotte also made appearances later in the day. Following the wedding, Meghan’s [royal website profile](http://time.com/5285219/meghan-markle-royal-profile-feminism-website/) was instantly updated to emphasize charity commitments to organizations like UN Women, One Young World and World Vision. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5304430/meghan-markle-trooping-the-colour/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5304430/meghan-markle-trooping-the-colour/"},"headline":"Meghan Markle Aced the Queen's Birthday Bash at the 2018 Trooping of the Colour","datePublished":"2018-06-09T10:49:08.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T19:27:47.000Z","description":"Meghan wore an off-the-shoulder Carolina Herrera dress in pale pink with a matching Philip Treacy hat","url":"https://time.com/5304430/meghan-markle-trooping-the-colour/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","United Kingdom","onetime","meghan markle"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80ec9f2e221078ab/698932a822fb85e8f9e25dd9/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80ec9f2e221078ab/698932a822fb85e8f9e25dd9/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at Trooping the Colour","caption":"Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at Trooping the Colour","creditText":"Chris Jackson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5304430/meghan-markle-trooping-the-colour/","name":"Meghan Markle Aced the Queen's Birthday Bash at the 2018 Trooping of the Colour"}}]}] ```