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Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh en route to the Trooping of the Colour [Picture: Sgt Mike Harvey]

The troops drawn from the Household Division: The Life Guards, The Blues and Royals, Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards, Irish Guards, Welsh Guards and Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery [Picture: Sgt Mike Harvey]

The Welsh Guards troop their Colour [Picture: Sgt Sgt Howard]

Her Majesty The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh at the Trooping of the Colour [Picture: Sgt Mike Harvey]

A bird's eye view from the Palace [Picture: Sgt Graham Spark MBE RAF]

The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight passes over Buckingham Palace [Picture: Sgt Graham Spark MBE RAF]

The RAF's largest aircraft, the Boeing C17 in the Queen's Birthday Flypast [Picture: Sgt Graham Spark MBE RAF]

Amongst the Red Arrows is a Canberra PR9 from 39 Squadron RAF Marham flying for the last time before Her Majesty the Queen [Picture: Sgt Graham Spark MBE RAF]

Amongst the Red Arrows appears a Canberra PR9 photo reconnaissance aircraft from 39 Squadron RAF Marham [Picture: Sgt Graham Spark MBE RAF]

A Tristar from 216 Squadron RAF Brize Norton flanked by two Typhoons from 29(R) Squadron and two Jaguars from 6 Squadron all based at RAF Coningsby [Picture: Sgt Graham Spark MBE RAF]
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The Royal Air Force mounted a spectacular flypast of nearly 50 aircraft over Buckingham Palace on Saturday 17 June 2006 to mark Her Majesty The Queen’s 80th birthday.
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