This year, the royal family put on quite a show. Between Kate Middleton’s electric blue Catherine Walker coatdress, Prince William on horseback and Princess Charlotte’s nod to the late Queen Elizabeth II,

As the royal family stood on the Buckingham Palace balcony for Trooping the Colour, Kate Middleton was caught on camera guiding her youngest son, Prince Louis. Before the national anthem began, Kate gave Louis a gentle but firm instruction.

The color of Princess Kate's outfit exactly matched the teal plumes worn in the bearskin caps by the Irish Guards. The Princess of Wales is the Colonel of the Irish Guards, one of the seven regiments of the Household Division that participate in the Trooping the Colour tradition, and her decision to wear aqua was a show of support.