Customs and Traditions
by Mandy Barrow
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The Queen's Guard on Horseback
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The guards who guard the Queen and the Royal Palaces are all part of the Household Division The Household Division is made up of seven regiments of the British Army:
This page is about The Household Cavalry.
Horse Guards Arch, Whitehall The Queen's Household Cavalry is the mounted guard at the entrance to Horse Guards Arch, which is located east of St James's Park. It is the official main entrance to both St James's Palace and Buckingham Palace.
The Guard Changing Ceremony takes place takes place daily at 11am (10am on Sundays) and lasts about 30 minutes. The mounted sentries (who change every hour) are on duty each day from 10am until 4pm, at which time there is a dismounted parade of the Guard.Two dismounted sentries remain on duty until the gates are shut at 8pm, when only one sentry is left on guard until 7am when the second sentry returns on duty.
The Household Cavalry Regiments There are two Household Cavalry Regiments - The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals.
Where to now? Find out about the Foot Guards outside Buckingham Palace See more photos of Horse Guards Arch and the parade ground
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© Copyright Mandy Barrow 2013
Mandy is the creator of the Woodlands Resources section of the Woodlands Junior website.
The two websites projectbritain.com and primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk are the new homes for the Woodlands Resources.
Mandy left Woodlands in 2003 to work in Kent schools as an ICT Consulatant.
She now teaches computers at The Granville School and St. John's Primary School in Sevenoaks Kent.
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