As if I were there.

I agree

I found it interesting to hear about the history of the various troops

You can press a red button to get ‘no commentary.

If you press the Red Button on your remote, you get BBC without the dreadful Hugh.

Some commentary can be informative. I enjoyed the background information about training the horses, for example.

However I could happily have done without the interviews with irrelevant celebrities making fatuous comments.

I would always prefer these events with no commentary and because I record them I can't use the red button. I don't watch TV during the day, I save it for the evening. Also, if I show any of it to the grandchildren I'd prefer to give them my own commentary, telling them what they're seeing. I think you should have the choice of no commentary when you record a programme.

I agree with Septimia.

I’ve recorded it on Sky Showcase so no Hugh or the simpering Alan Titchmarsh.

I thoroughly enjoyed it and learnt a lot about the forces, the music that was being played and the history behind the Trooping of the Colour.
I do agree though that the ‘celebrities’ were irritating and added nothing to the event. (I had to Google Sheridan Smith, no idea who she was!)
However, I thought Huw was perfect as a commentator, easy to understand and only speaking when he had interesting facts to convey.
We probably got a better view than most who were actually there, and the excitement of the crowd at Buckingham Palace came across very clearly.

I'm so pleased other people found the celebrities as intrusive as I did. Its a trend that's being used more and more these days.
Dare I also say I get irritated by the token inclusion of various minorities in every programme - for example - a gay person of both genders (or is it 'sexes'?), a person from every colour and creed, a celebrity, an old person, a young person, a homeless person and so on.
Why is it necessary?

Calendargirl Thank you for that tip, I shall certainly give it a try and report the result tomorrow.

Alastair Bruce commentated on Sky, an ex military man, it was fascinating to listen to someone who knew exactly what was happening and spoke only when necessary. A joy to watch today.

Calendargirl. Unfortunately the red button facility did not do the job on my little tv - heigh-ho. Thanks anyway.

It’s on iPlayer now without commentary. I don’t mine Huw Edwards, or the military commentators who add valuable background for those not familiar with the huge effort of precise military correography it takes to stage the trooping, but anyone else is superfluous.