For a family who've been through so much this year, it was time to face the public together. The King and Queen leading the procession in the Scottish state coach, his cancer diagnosis meaning he couldn't join Prince William, Princess Anne and Prince Edward on horseback this year. And then the wait was over. Finally, we saw the Princess of Wales again.
It is easy to forget the King is still having treatment, just like his daughter-in-law watching from the balcony above, who had the distraction of keeping an eye on a wonderfully lively Prince Louis. Then it did rain on their parade. In fact the heavens opened. All of us, the soldiers, the crowds and the royals on horseback got drenched as they returned for the final salute.