Guardsman faints during Queen’s 90th Trooping the Colour ceremony

 

A Guardsman fainted during the Trooping the Colour ceremony today. The Guard was taking part in the annual parade at the Horse Guards in Whitehall, London this morning when he fell faint and face-planted only minutes into the event.

Other Guardsmen rushed to help him onto a stretcher so he could be taken away. Earlier, the Coldstream Guards played a special rendition of happy birthday for the Queen. Princes Harry and William, Kate Middleton and other royals joined the procession from Buckingham Palace to the Horse Guards. The RAF will later honour the Queen with a fly-past