Ticket chaos as fans buy seats for Trooping the Colour to see return of Kate Middleton before Army backtracks and removes reference to the princess from event page

Royal fans are facing ticket chaos after rushing to buy seats to see the Princess of Wales return to royal duties at a practice Trooping of the Colour ceremony, only for the army to do a bungling u-turn and remove reference to her from the event page. The army today backtracked on claims Kate Middleton would attend June 8's parade amid accusations officials 'jumped the gun' by announcing her attendance without consulting the Palace. Email [email protected] The army had released tickets on its website claiming the parade would be overseen by the Princess of Wales The MoD appeared to also confirm the King's attendance at his own birthday parade a week later despite his ongoing cancer treatment The Princess of Wales is seen during last year's Trooping the Colour on June 17 in London Tickets were being sold to the public by the MoD for £15 each, which would enable them to attend the ceremony themselves and maybe see the royal family. But on Wednesday the website had been updated to remove references to Kate and the King attending the events Kate, Prince William, Prince George, Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte looking up at the sky during last year's Trooping the Colour event Kate is seen at her last public outing on Christmas Day before she stepped away from the spotlight Royal expert Phil Dampier said: 'I'm sure the Princess of Wales will be well enough to attend Trooping the Colour and Kensington Palace has said that she's recovering well from abdominal surgery. The MoD are said to have 'jumped the gun' when The Army published event details for Trooping the Colour The MoD said Trooping the Colour will be 'reviewed' by the Princess on June 8 this year Gary Goldsmith entered the Celebrity Big Brother house as a contestant last night On Monday, however, she was photographed by paparazzi being driven to Windsor by her mother, Carole Middleton, the first time she has been seen in public since Christmas Day.