Red Arrows in Norfolk skies for King's birthday flypast

The Red Arrows were among the display which delighted many as they flew over the county today on their way to Trooping the Colour, the King’s official birthday parade.

Although King Charles III's actual birthday is on November 14, the Sovereign's birthday was celebrated on Saturday, June 13.

Those living along the coast, including in Happisburgh, Caister, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft watched the spectacle in awe, capturing the special moments they flew over.

The full display featured the Red Arrows, Chinook, Phenom, A400M Atlas, C-17 Globemaster, Voyager, Typhoon, Poseidon and F-35B Lightning jets.

The Red Arrows flying over Great Yarmouth as they were on their way to Trooping the Colour, the King's official birthday parade. (Image: Lukasz Sledzinski)

Lukasz Sledzinski and his son Pascal watched the fly-past in Great Yarmouth. (Image: Lukasz Sledzinski)

Onlookers even had the rare chance to see all nine Red Arrows fly together, also known as the Diamond Nine, as the standard air show display now only includes seven.

The aircraft first gathered over the North Sea to get into formation before heading towards Great Yarmouth.

They then fanned out before funnelling down towards Loddon and Beccles, and towards the Suffolk coast.

From there, the planes continued down a narrow path over Essex before their arrival in London.

Members of the Royal Family (left to right) Queen Camilla, King Charles III, the Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, Princess Charlotte, Prince George, and Prince Louis on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, London, to view the flypast following, the Trooping the Colour ceremony in central London (Image: Aaron Chown)

Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, London, to view the flypast following, the Trooping the Colour ceremony (Image: Aaron Chown/PA Wire)

At 1pm, 31 aircraft soared above the crowds on the Mall and Buckingham Palace, watched by the King and Queen alongside other members of the Royal family.

Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis watched their grandfather from the first-floor window of the Duke of Wellington’s former office overlooking the parade ground in central London.

Trooping the Colour is both a ceremonial and social event, with around 8,000 family members of guards and officers filling the stands around Horse Guards Parade.

The flypast was the grand finale of the day, which is one of the highlights of the royal calendar, and was enjoyed not only by those in the capital but those in Norfolk too.