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,

Prince William appeared at Trooping the Colour on horseback after describing the last year as the most difficult of his life.

After arriving at Buckingham Palace by car, Kate and the children, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, 7, traveled in a traditional horse-drawn carriage down The Mall. Charlotte sat beside her mother, while her brothers faced backward across from them.