The Queen's birthday parade has been canceled for the second time due to COVID-19

• The Queen's public birthday celebrations at Buckingham Palace have been canceled due to COVID-19.
• The palace is considering a small ceremony at Windsor, although no plans have been confirmed.

Buckingham Palace has announced plans to celebrate the Queen's 95th birthday with a parade in London will not go ahead.

The royal family gather on the palace balcony in June each year for Trooping the Colour, a parade in honor of the Queen's birthday that consists of 1,400 soldiers, 200 horses, and 400 musicians.

"Following consultation with Government and other relevant parties it has been agreed that The Queen's Official Birthday Parade, also known as Trooping the Colour, will not go ahead this year in its traditional form in central London. Options for an alternative Parade, in the quadrangle at Windsor Castle, are being considered," a palace spokesperson said in a statement obtained by Insider.

"The annual Garter service, usually held in June, will not take place this year," the statement added.

This marks the second year that Her Majesty's public birthday celebrations have been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last year Trooping the Colour was canceled and replaced with a private, social-distanced celebration at Windsor Castle. Due to distancing regulations, there was no audience permitted at the ceremony, which took place at the castle's quadrangle.

The Queen marked her birthday alone for the first time in the parade's 260-year history, something which looks likely to reoccur in June 2021.