Terror at Trooping the Colour
Trooping the Colour is a day of celebration, marking the monarch’s official birthday with a military parade and march-past – a Saturday in June when the crowds line The Mall to wave and cheer. But on 13 June 1981, as Queen Elizabeth II rode past the junction of The Mall and Horse Guards Road, shots rang out.
Seventeen-year-old Marcus Sarjeant fired six blanks from a starting pistol towards the