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Trooping the Colour, Horseguards Parade, Central London, June 2013. Trooping the Colour is a ceremonial event performed every year on Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom, by regiments of Household Division, to celebrate the official birthday of the British sovereign. [1]
This is a list of the Trooping the Colour ceremony in London, from 1890 to the present. The first Trooping the Colour on Horse Guards Parade took place on 4 June 1805. [1] In 1895 two Troopings were performed, on consecutive days, by different battalions of the Scots Guards at Windsor Castle and Horse Guards Parade. [2]
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has, between 1969 and 2023, presented seven police service horses from the Musical Ride unit to two of Canada's monarchs: six horses to Queen Elizabeth II and one to King Charles III. PSH Burmese was used by Elizabeth for Trooping the Colour between 1969 and 1986. Charles has done the same with PSH Noble since ...
What Will Happen During the 2024 Trooping the Colour? Kicking off at Buckingham Palace, the parade will make its way to Horse Guards Parade, the ceremonial parade ground in St. James's Park where ...
Here's how to tune in to Trooping the Colour 2024 from the U.S.: ... their stream will feature "live coverage from the heart of London as the Irish Guards troop their colour on Horse Guards Parade ...
What to know about the 2024 Trooping the Colour, ... Over 1,400 officers and soldiers will take part in the parade. There will be 200 horses and over 400 musicians from 10 bands. The parade route ...
Trooping the Colour at Horse Guards Parade in 1956. Horse Guards Parade is a large parade ground off Whitehall in central London (at grid reference). It is the site of the annual ceremonies of Trooping the Colour, which commemorates the monarch's official birthday, and the Beating Retreat.
On 13 June 1981, Sarjeant joined the crowds for Trooping the Colour, finding a spot near the junction between The Mall and Horseguards Road. When the Queen came past riding her 19-year-old horse Burmese, Sarjeant quickly fired six blanks from his starting pistol. The horse was momentarily startled but the Queen brought her under control and was ...