Lifeguard, Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.

In a previous post I mentioned that the trumpeters of the Household Cavalry Band ride white horses which are called Cavalry whites and there are 14 of them.

Here is a Lifeguard of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment riding a cavalry black! There are over 200 black horses often with white feet or stars on foreheads, which are ridden by the Lifeguards and the Blues and Royals when they undertake their ceremonial duties in London.

The Lifeguards wear these magnificent red capes, with dark blue collar in the winter, whilst the Blues and Royals wear a dark blue cape with red collar. The helmet strap is worn differently between the two regiments. The Lifeguards helmet strap is under the bottom lip and the Blues and Royals have their helmet strap under the chin

Anyone who has watched a ceremonial event in London will have seen the Lifeguards in either their red tunic or cape. Look out for them the nest time you are at Buckingham Palace at changing of the guard or St James’s Palace or Horseguards, Whitehall.