The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR)
The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment carry out mounted ceremonial duties and some unmounted duties on State and Royal occasions.
It is their unique privilege to meet the requirement to carry out mounted and some dismounted ceremonial duties on State and Royal occasions which include the provision of a Sovereign's Escort most commonly seen at the Queen's Birthday Parade in June each year. Other occasions include Sovereign's Escorts for Her Majesty The Queen during State Visits by visiting Heads of State, and as required by Her Majesty anywhere in the Kingdom. They maintain a world-famous tradition dating back to 1660.
The Life Guards
The LIfe Guards have two reconnaissance squadrons based in Windsor in a unionised regiment with The Blues and Royals and one squadron commited to mounted ceremonial duty in London.
The Life Guards
The Blues and Royals
The Blues and Royals were formed in 1969 from an amalgamation of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues) and The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons).
The Blues and Royals