My Uncle Jimmy was a Sgt Major in the Irish Guards, he said they liked it when it rained, much cooler, and they called it Queen's weather. At one stage in his career he was a Sgt Major at RMA Sandhurst, where officers are trained. A couple of his charges were the present Duke of Kent and King Hussein of Jordan. When Jimmy died the King sent flowers.
Before a battle the colour would be trooped so that every man knew their colour...during a battle the colour acted as a rallying point so it was vital that everyone knew what it looked like in order to regroup and form a cohesive combat unit, vital for survival and possibly victory.
The French had Eagels .A long pole with an eagel at the top.British regiments still have colours .But don't take into battle any more.Keep them in training hall.
Good memory Mark! Really enjoying watching and hearing your perspective (and of course your family news). Hope you make it across the pond yourself soon.
I live a few miles away from the RAF base that the Red Arrows are based at so I regularly see them fly over our house and have a great view of watching them practice. We live in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK.
You might be interested to look at YT videos of the spinwheel manoeuvre performed by the massed band. This - to quote Wiki - is that ''As the Escort to the Colour slow-marches down the field towards No. 6 Guard to begin their colour trooping, the massed bands perform their unique anti-clockwise "spinwheel" manoeuvre. This, a 90° turn in restricted space, is performed while playing the slow march "Escort to the Colour." BTW This manoeuvre is not written down anywhere and the knowledge on how to do it is passed from one generation of band members to the next verbally. It is a wonder to behold.
Mark. Dan here. They haven't explained the Colour quite completely. You will notice apparent bands of gold on the flag, which are the Battle Honours of the Regiment. An embroidered list of the actions & battles that that Regiment took part in over the years, along with Royal emblems etc. The Regimental Colour is almost sacred through it's association with the men who have served in & died for that Regiment over the years, & it is treated with the greatest of respect. The Colours are replaced by new ones every now & then as required, with this years al being recently renewed because of the new King's reign. The old colours are retained in the Regiment, sometimes being hung up in churches, museum & other curated places. The Drum horses are directed by reins attached to the riders feet, as their hands are busy with the drumming. Many new soldiers take part in this each year, so it's very new to some. There are many months of practice involved before the main event.
@ 20:55 he rightly refers to "the troop" as the most significant part of the ceremony, then inexplicably dosesn't show it but goes straight to the march past in slow and quick time.
Yes, I noticed that too ! That omitted part is the Trooping of course. I’ve seen many videos explaining it badly and I thought that this one was very good until they left out the ensign actually trooping the colour he had just received 😮😮
22:10 - onwards. Mark, These are 17th and 18th century battlefield drills in the days when the infantry advanced towards the enemy in extended lines. 24:05 The silver kettle drums were the gift of two kings; George III (1759 - 1820) and his son William IV (1830 - 1837)
I’m glad you decided to watch this after my recommendation. As I said it’s not perfect but gives you a rudimentary understanding of the 3 hours or so of ceremonial. Of course all the soldiers involved on foot and on horseback are just those doing their rotation on ceremonial duty. The majority are on “normal” military duty rotation, which includes conflict zones around the world and the cavalry driving tanks rather than riding horses. They might have returned from the normal military duties to be doing ceremonial rotation at the next ceremonial season!
I have often watched this ceremony, but thanks to you reacting to this I have learnt quite a bit more about the why's and wherefore's. So thank you very much. Would also like to wish a safe journey to that great son of yours.
I wonder did anyone else spot the goof lol. As the RHA were passing at the walk it flashed up on the screen that the march being played was the slow March of the Blues and Royals - it was in fact the slow March of the Royal Artillery (Duchess of Kent). The colours, standards and guidons of the army are a sacred item. They are hand made works of art and the legend is that the souls of the fallen are sewn in to them. They can't be used until they have been consecrated and the official rules state that when they are laid up (after 25 years or when the monarch changes) they must be allowed to rot naturally and no attempt at conservation made. When the material has rotted away the poles and accoutrements have to be buried in consecrated ground. Of course they bend those rules today to allow some to be kept in museums and preserved.
Well remembered Mark! Love seeing the troops, real men! Love a bloke in uniform ! Anyway putting my tongue back in , wish Cooper a safe journey and please remind him to at least take a couple of pics for our updates- ah yes poor Sefton and the others killed and injured- disgraceful - that was really interesting mate, as usual - take care, sloppy snogs to the kittens x🏴
All the horses being ridden by the Princes of Wales, Duke of Edinburgh,and Princess Anne were given to dear late Queen by the Royal Mounties,for different jubilees or birthdays. The Kings horse they gave to him for his birthday in the November. They are so much better trained and steady than the Blues and Royals. The dear Queen even chose her four Mounties horses ( ridden of course by the Mounties) to lead her funeral procession she loved them so much.
As discussed on the last video, there were quite a few shots in this one towards the end of Trooping the Colour balcony appearances over the years. I am sure you will have noticed the number of royals who would stand on the balcony in previous decades. I miss seeing a full balcony with the inclusion of the extended family, including various non-working royals, along with their children.
I've watched this ceremony for quite a few years now, Mark, but, (call me old-fashioned), I still enjoy the procedure! (We tend not to worry too much about the rain, after all, it wont make us rusty!).
AS ALWAYS MARK you have been soooooo RESPECTFUL and Knowledgeable and have selected the best videos to react to.......... Your son will have a great time when he visits.... We tend to be a little reserved (that's because we don't like to intrude ) ... However if you ask we will help in any way we can..... Best wishes to you and your family from your loved cousins across the pond
The Lifeguards are the senior regiment of the British army, The Blues and Royals are seconed senior, together they form The Household Cavalry which consists of The Household Cavalry regiment, a armoured reconniscence regiment made up of both regiments serving together, and The Household Cavalry mounted Regiment consisting of a Squadron of Lifeguards, a Squadron of Blues and Royals and a mixed HQ Squadron, soldiers serve in both regiments at some time. The reason the Royal Horse Artillery took the lead in the parade is because The Royal Artillery are senior to the infantry and the RHA argued that they should take precedence over the Cavalry, so there was a compromise that they would take precedence when they were on parade with their guns.
Hi Mark , fabulous ! but I always watch with gritted teeth as there's always one or two rouge horses 😮, the royal horse artillery comprises of 60% women I think that's pretty cool😊
I think you meant 'rogue' rather than "rouge" (as red horses tend to be called _strawberry_roans_ ...there are also _blue_roans_ which, instead of having a reddish tinge to their coats - fur - caused by intermingling of chestnut hairs with white/ 'grey' ...have a blu-ish tinge caused by the intermingled black hairs with white/'grey') ... White horses are rare as usually have dark skins, so most white horses are actually called _grey_ ... True (rare) 'white horses' have pink skin instead. ...sorry for the mini lecture! 🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴❤
@@charlottecunningham2141 I seldom see any horses these days except when travelling in hospital transport to and from appointments... I do sometimes see them then...or on YT. (As am mostly house-bound, wheelchair / bed-bound due to what my various - diabetic eye treatments, Warfarin levels, renal care - consultants call my "multiple co-morbidities") 🤔🏴🐴♥️🖖
As Prince Charles was heir to the throne, he spent time with different parts of the armed forces, as when he succeeded to Crown, he would become head of armed forces, so he would have idea of how each service works
Hi mark When you had the map up, you said "they could take the street down there", at tge bottom of the screen that's where Wellington barracks are, I go there before hand and you see all the troops and bands getting ready and forming up which takes a while, they then march out the gate turn left snd march to Buckingham Palace, I stand opposite the gate. Once they march round to the Palace I cross the park, over the lake snd find a spot on the mall and wait for the procession to make its way up to horseguards, you get quite close and can easily see who's who. I then get a coffee and sit in the park listening to the music during the trooping and then go back to the mall to watch them return to buck House. Horseguards use to be the gatehouse to the Palace and the park was once the grounds bit it's all open to the public now, the household cavalry guard horseguards and a regiment of footguards will guard the palaces, rotating between the various household units.
Wonderful stuff. Know it so well, but never cease to enjoy it every time. My limited marching on parade background really gives an added appreciation to how amazing this all it. They make it look easy. Appreciated!
If you enjoyed the Trooping of the Colour you might enjoy this. This is field gun running. Performed as part of the Edinburgh Tattoo, it involves two teams of Navy men running a 1200lb field gun over, through, and across various challenges and obstacles. It's based on a Royal Navy incident where the landed troops needed back up, so the sailors took the guns off their ship and got them ashore to give their men more fire power. Thrilling to watch. ruclips.net/video/KgPmDyQmgs0/видео.html
The Royals can change from one armed forces to another. My brother was in the Army and bought himself out, (leave service by paying a sum of money) 18 months later he joined the RAF and got his money back. A few years ago, not sure how it operates today. The reason for red uniforms, price. The red is from Madder, which only required one dye and was constant in colour. So quite a cheap cloth. From the days before chemical dyes.
Pity the video had to miss out so much of the parade, particularly the actual troop of the Colour through the 6 half-Companies of Guards. It is actually the whole point of the parade. Never mind, quite a decent video . As regards tickets, these are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis for the Majority General's Review and the Colonel's Review, but tickets for the King's Birthday Parade itself tickets are allocated by ballot after the closing date for applications. I do believe sales open in February or early March each year and you need to be quick off the mark with your application.
Mark, it’s very difficult to get tickets for the King’s Birthday Parade on the final Saturday as they are done by ballot. You can certainly put your name in the ballot though. I’ve been twice (2023 and 2024) for the first time in my life (a bucket list thing) to the Colonel’s Review on the second Saturday (Prince William attended in 2023), everything is exactly the same except it’s not televised and there’s no flypast. Tickets for the first two Saturdays are on sale in March but you have to be on the ball and check the site regularly to book your seats!! Last year I checked umpteen times a day but got them!! And watch out too as this year for instance the tickets were on sale 10 days earlier than last year!)I thoroughly enjoyed both years - fabulous to see. The procession back to Buckingham Palace is tremendous but of course you can’t see it if you’re actually in Horseguards at the Trooping!😊I have friends who fly over (from Northern Ireland the night before, go to the Mall about 6am, watch the parade coming and going then fly back that night). This is a terrific parade, be prepared to stand a long time. (All free on the Mall by the way and the tickets for the first two Saturdays are only £15, no robbers there! Just to add, today I attended a ‘Armed Forces Day’ event just outside Belfast and amongst many other lovely things was treated to a 25 minute Red Arrow display, one word - Fabulous!! 😊
Plus the pronunciation of 'The Mall' despite its spelling, is a tad confusing to some Brits let alone some Americans etc... it's 'the _Mal_' (as in short for _Mal_colm, or to rhyme with pal - as in mate, or friend or perhaps when saying "I shall" to rhyme with 'The Mall' ...) I hope that helps? Sorry to be so 'long-winded' with ( _all_ of) my comments - I just have _never ever_ been any good at precis !! 🌝🤔 🙂🏴❤️🇬🇧😏🖖
If you or your Son stands on horse guards parade (as I have a couple of times) you will see on one side a large building with several green domes and cable strung across the roof. This is the old Admiralty building (the HQ of the Royal Navy up to the early or mid 1950s) The cables on the roof was to communicate with ships at sea. When an officer raises their sword to their mouth several times to the King, its because the sword hilt seems to resembles a Christian Cross and the officer is kissing it.
The sound of the KIng's Troop Royal Horse Artilliary is just the most amazing sound at the trot......must have been just the same on the battle site of the Crimean War!!!
Thanks as always Mark. I recently saw a documentary about the Household Cavalry where they said the horses have a phobia of the bearskin hats. He said they had to mount sort of behind so the horse couldn’t see them wearing the hat or have the hat passed up to them after mounting. Just another fairly useless piece of trivia. 🙂
The modern British army (and every modern-day army) is based on Oliver Cromwell’s ‘New Model Army’ - which was the first trained full-time, professional standing army. He wasn’t a very nice man, a dictator really, but he was the one who started it all.
Glad you enjoyed watching that Mark. Pity they didn't show the Household Cavalry trotting past the Monarch, they are quite a sight. I think it is tradition for the Monarch to invite their extended family for lunch on the day. You might have noticed a very full balcony in some old films ! Since Charles became King, he has decided to have only working members of the RF, who receive an allowance for their duties on the balcony. I expect the rest of them are hiding out the back 🙂
The late Queen used to participate in the Trooping of the Colour riding her horse sidesaddle, a feat unto itself for anyone who has ever tried to ride this way.
The Mall was built as the main processional route to the Palace from the 'Front Gates' which is actually Horse Guards on Whitehall where the Life Guards and the Blues & Royals take turns to mount guards. The Mall cuts through St James's Park (pretty much the front garden of Buckingham Palace. Unlike the local London roads (all famous names for so many historical reasons), The Mall has always been a RED colour, to accentuate the importance of it as a royal processional route. Queen Victoria's monument obviously only existed since that Queen's death. You may have seen the pictures of the funerals of Princess Diana, Prince Philip and the late Queen Elizabeth all processing through the narrow arches of Whitehall to turn right towards Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, the latter overlooking the great River Thames.
/Don't forgot these soldiers may be going straight back to the field in Afghanistan or somewhere. The 8 Guards carrying the late Queen's coffin had flown home from Iraq the evening of the Queen's death to prepare for the State Funeral. First instruction was to get a haircut immediately!
Most of the the video was from 2023 but the narration was updated; at the time of the video, the Duke of Kent was colonel of the Scots Guards and the Duke of Edinburgh the colonel of the London Guards, the reserve regiment of all five foot guards regiments. You can see the DoK briefly on the dais as he is in his late eighties and travelled by car but he's not there later. He was not in uniform this year, having handed the Scots Guards over to his namesake. You'll notice too that this is about the only formal military occasion when Sir Tim is not in uniform as it's a purely army occasion. I don't know if you've ever wondered but the Navy and Air Force are Royal as they were created by the monarchy whereas the British Army owes its overall existence as a standing army to the Parliamentary army (Cromwell's New Model Army) of the English Civil War. The King (and his brother), his father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all naval officers. Philip was in WW2, Mentioned in Despatches, and served until 1952 when his wife became queen; she said that the days she spent in Malta as a young navy wife were some of the happiest of her life. George VI served in WW1 and was a gun commander at the Battle of Jutland; as a Spare with two younger brothers, he was expendable whereas his older brother was kept away from danger. George V had a naval career as a spare until his older brother died unmarried and he had to take his place as heir. William and Harry were both army officers but it became clear to William that like his great-great-uncle he was going to be kept out of action so he transferred to the RAF to actually take an active role as a rescue helicopter pilot. There were no actual wars during Charles's time in the RN but there was no way he would have been allowed to go to the Falklands like Andrew. The Duke of Kent was a career army officer but was swiftly removed from Northern Ireland when it became known to some that he was there. The Colours of a regiment have the Battle Honours embroidered in gold strips on the flag. They also appear on the drums of Scottish regiments and, like the Colours, it is a calamity if they fall into enemy hands. Battle Honours are inherited by succeeding regiments if they are merged, similar to RN ships inheriting the battle honours of previous ships bearing the same name.
This particular film has been nicely edited to give a balanced view. The whole parade ground part is I believe 1 hour? Then procession up The Mall for folk to come from all over the planet it seems (hence the late Queen moving the date the year of the train strike to allow more people to get there I understand). I thought she also missed one other Trooping because she was very pregnant but I could be wrong!
You should checkout London City Walks, a fine gentleman who does a lot of videos at Horse Guards where people tend to come a cropper with the Guards and Horses.
Navy is the senior service ,Prince Philip was in the navy and that was his first love,when the serious side of the relationship between our to be queen and the navy officer became obvious ,he was made to give up the navy which he took very hard , He was the driving force that saw the prince Charles join the Royal Navy
[Guarding the queen] I think you’ll like this 3 part real life documentary following the guards training and at Buckingham palace and war All eps on YT
The Coldstream Guards are the only Foot Guard Regiment that does not have a Royal Colonel even though they are the oldest Regiment knocked down to second place because they faught for Parliment not the King in the civil war,Coldstream motto NULL SECONDUS ( SECOND TO NONE) ,I don't think I spelt the Latin right.
Hi Mark...🇺🇲 I know it was probably just 'a slip of the tongue' but (you know me - 'eagle ears'?!!) - I heard you, say as you were listing the Regiments: "Scotch" (lol) instead of 'Scots' ...?! I _may_ have misheard but... I dont _think_ so lol !!!😊😅😂 ... Great video and reaction Mark, thanks for sharing. 😏🏴❤️🇬🇧🌝🖖
@@MarkfromtheStates Lol... Yes, not being a whisky- Scots (or a whiskey- Irish) drinker, I was more inclined to think of "Scotch Tape" (we had 'skeletal' tv adverts for that, way back when!!) - also known as 'Sellotape' here in the UK (or 'Spellotape' if youre a _British_ Harry Potter fan!!) 😏🏴❤️🇬🇧🌝🖖
@@MarkfromtheStates Sir, I really mean it. Even though I come from a military family, and my best friend at school joined the Grenadier Guards, I really didn't know the names of the other 4 major regiments. I'm just rubbish that way! ;-)
Fainting to attention. As they feel themselves going They are not allowed to break from attention so will fall hard straight down. Often breaking the nose and losing teeth. The discipline is unsurpassed.
Except a trombonist, who managed to faint sideways to preserve his trombone. As a trombone player myself, it’s ingrained that you must never knock your trombone slide as that will completely ruin the instrument.
It's called "trooping the colour" but did NOT show the "trooping the coloiur" through the troops/ranks the most important aspect. Shame upon them. They start training in April, I believe. They are all front line soldiers and if it is their year they return home specifically for this event.
Great watch as always. Remind your son when he gets here ‘there is no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing’
As to British weather, prepare for the worst but hope for the best. That way you cannot go wrong!
LOL
My Uncle Jimmy was a Sgt Major in the Irish Guards, he said they liked it when it rained, much cooler, and they called it Queen's weather. At one stage in his career he was a Sgt Major at RMA Sandhurst, where officers are trained. A couple of his charges were the present Duke of Kent and King Hussein of Jordan. When Jimmy died the King sent flowers.
Oh wow that if very nice
My Maternal Grandfather Served with The Irish Guards in WW1. He survived but sadly I never got to Meet him before he died. I was born in 1959 ☘
I had a picture of King Hussain of Jordan.I moved
Now not sure where it is now.
Thank you for taking the time to watch our traditions & enjoying them too x
Thank you for watching with me
Before a battle the colour would be trooped so that every man knew their colour...during a battle the colour acted as a rallying point so it was vital that everyone knew what it looked like in order to regroup and form a cohesive combat unit, vital for survival and possibly victory.
Right on thank you
The French had Eagels .A long pole with an eagel at the top.British regiments still have colours .But don't take into battle any more.Keep them in training hall.
Thank you Mark, it was lovely watching it again with you. Such precision, nobody does it better than us Brits 😊
Thank you for hanging with me
Good memory Mark! Really enjoying watching and hearing your perspective (and of course your family news). Hope you make it across the pond yourself soon.
I hope so too! Thank you Alison
I live a few miles away from the RAF base that the Red Arrows are based at so I regularly see them fly over our house and have a great view of watching them practice. We live in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK.
Awesome
@@robertwatson9940 Yes they are. Hear they are touring the States
You might be interested to look at YT videos of the spinwheel manoeuvre performed by the massed band. This - to quote Wiki - is that ''As the Escort to the Colour slow-marches down the field towards No. 6 Guard to begin their colour trooping, the massed bands perform their unique anti-clockwise "spinwheel" manoeuvre. This, a 90° turn in restricted space, is performed while playing the slow march "Escort to the Colour." BTW This manoeuvre is not written down anywhere and the knowledge on how to do it is passed from one generation of band members to the next verbally. It is a wonder to behold.
Wow cool
Mark. Dan here. They haven't explained the Colour quite completely. You will notice apparent bands of gold on the flag, which are the Battle Honours of the Regiment. An embroidered list of the actions & battles that that Regiment took part in over the years, along with Royal emblems etc. The Regimental Colour is almost sacred through it's association with the men who have served in & died for that Regiment over the years, & it is treated with the greatest of respect. The Colours are replaced by new ones every now & then as required, with this years al being recently renewed because of the new King's reign.
The old colours are retained in the Regiment, sometimes being hung up in churches, museum & other curated places. The Drum horses are directed by reins attached to the riders feet, as their hands are busy with the drumming. Many new soldiers take part in this each year, so it's very new to some. There are many months of practice involved before the main event.
Thanks Dan
@ 20:55 he rightly refers to "the troop" as the most significant part of the ceremony, then inexplicably dosesn't show it but goes straight to the march past in slow and quick time.
Yes, I noticed that too ! That omitted part is the Trooping of course. I’ve seen many videos explaining it badly and I thought that this one was very good until they left out the ensign actually trooping the colour he had just received 😮😮
@@hazel1605 yes, it had been a pretty good explanation up to that point.
22:10 - onwards. Mark, These are 17th and 18th century battlefield drills in the days when the infantry advanced towards the enemy in extended lines.
24:05 The silver kettle drums were the gift of two kings; George III (1759 - 1820) and his son William IV (1830 - 1837)
Thank you
The Household Division also includes two cavalry regiments, the Blues and Royals and the Life Guards
I’m glad you decided to watch this after my recommendation. As I said it’s not perfect but gives you a rudimentary understanding of the 3 hours or so of ceremonial. Of course all the soldiers involved on foot and on horseback are just those doing their rotation on ceremonial duty. The majority are on “normal” military duty rotation, which includes conflict zones around the world and the cavalry driving tanks rather than riding horses. They might have returned from the normal military duties to be doing ceremonial rotation at the next ceremonial season!
Thank you
Your knowledge has come along way mark . Can't fault it . And another great reaction .
I appreciate that
This is a brilliant film to explain much of what goes on and the significance of the colour. Very impressive!
Agree
I have often watched this ceremony, but thanks to you reacting to this I have learnt quite a bit more about the why's and wherefore's. So thank you very much. Would also like to wish a safe journey to that great son of yours.
Appreciate it JJ
I was there in 2022 for the queen Elizabeth platinum jubilee and trooping the colour it was amazing
Oh I bet it was
I wonder did anyone else spot the goof lol. As the RHA were passing at the walk it flashed up on the screen that the march being played was the slow March of the Blues and Royals - it was in fact the slow March of the Royal Artillery (Duchess of Kent).
The colours, standards and guidons of the army are a sacred item. They are hand made works of art and the legend is that the souls of the fallen are sewn in to them. They can't be used until they have been consecrated and the official rules state that when they are laid up (after 25 years or when the monarch changes) they must be allowed to rot naturally and no attempt at conservation made. When the material has rotted away the poles and accoutrements have to be buried in consecrated ground. Of course they bend those rules today to allow some to be kept in museums and preserved.
Wow thank you
God Save The King.
Well remembered Mark! Love seeing the troops, real men! Love a bloke in uniform ! Anyway putting my tongue back in , wish Cooper a safe journey and please remind him to at least take a couple of pics for our updates- ah yes poor Sefton and the others killed and injured- disgraceful - that was really interesting mate, as usual - take care, sloppy snogs to the kittens x🏴
Some of them are real women. 😀
@@lornaclayton2697not interested in them , as I said real men only
@@lornaclayton2697not interested in them- as I said love a REAL bloke in uniform😂
Thank you
All the horses being ridden by the Princes of Wales, Duke of Edinburgh,and Princess Anne were given to dear late Queen by the Royal Mounties,for different jubilees or birthdays. The Kings horse they gave to him for his birthday in the November. They are so much better trained and steady than the Blues and Royals. The dear Queen even chose her four Mounties horses ( ridden of course by the Mounties) to lead her funeral procession she loved them so much.
Very cool
@@robertwatson9940 That is awesome
As discussed on the last video, there were quite a few shots in this one towards the end of Trooping the Colour balcony appearances over the years. I am sure you will have noticed the number of royals who would stand on the balcony in previous decades. I miss seeing a full balcony with the inclusion of the extended family, including various non-working royals, along with their children.
Yes that's right... They've cut back the number
Thanks Mark. Great as always.
Awesome! Thanks Frank
I've watched this ceremony for quite a few years now, Mark, but, (call me old-fashioned), I still enjoy the procedure! (We tend not to worry too much about the rain, after all, it wont make us rusty!).
Haha...thank you Mik
enjoyed watching
Thanks for the visit
AS ALWAYS MARK you have been soooooo RESPECTFUL and Knowledgeable and have selected the best videos to react to.......... Your son will have a great time when he visits.... We tend to be a little reserved (that's because we don't like to intrude ) ... However if you ask we will help in any way we can..... Best wishes to you and your family from your loved cousins across the pond
I appreciate that thank you
The Lifeguards are the senior regiment of the British army, The Blues and Royals are seconed senior, together they form The Household Cavalry which consists of The Household Cavalry regiment, a armoured reconniscence regiment made up of both regiments serving together, and The Household Cavalry mounted Regiment consisting of a Squadron of Lifeguards, a Squadron of Blues and Royals and a mixed HQ Squadron, soldiers serve in both regiments at some time.
The reason the Royal Horse Artillery took the lead in the parade is because The Royal Artillery are senior to the infantry and the RHA argued that they should take precedence over the Cavalry, so there was a compromise that they would take precedence when they were on parade with their guns.
Nice thank you Peter
Hi Mark , fabulous ! but I always watch with gritted teeth as there's always one or two rouge horses 😮, the royal horse artillery comprises of 60% women I think that's pretty cool😊
Heck ya thanks Clare
I think you meant 'rogue' rather than "rouge" (as red horses tend to be called _strawberry_roans_ ...there are also _blue_roans_ which, instead of having a reddish tinge to their coats - fur - caused by intermingling of chestnut hairs with white/ 'grey' ...have a blu-ish tinge caused by the intermingled black hairs with white/'grey') ... White horses are rare as usually have dark skins, so most white horses are actually called _grey_
... True (rare) 'white horses' have pink skin instead. ...sorry for the mini lecture! 🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴🐴❤
@@brigidsingleton1596have you seen one of the new police horses? He’s a gorgeous blue roan and his name is Brutus
@@charlottecunningham2141
I seldom see any horses these days except when travelling in hospital transport to and from appointments... I do sometimes see them then...or on YT. (As am mostly house-bound, wheelchair / bed-bound due to what my various - diabetic eye treatments, Warfarin levels, renal care - consultants call my "multiple co-morbidities") 🤔🏴🐴♥️🖖
As heir, Prince William has also experienced all three services. He then decided to serve in the RAF.
Thank you
As Prince Charles was heir to the throne, he spent time with different parts of the armed forces, as when he succeeded to Crown, he would become head of armed forces, so he would have idea of how each service works
11:41 The mascot ... "left dress" 🙂
Ha
Hi mark
When you had the map up, you said "they could take the street down there", at tge bottom of the screen that's where Wellington barracks are, I go there before hand and you see all the troops and bands getting ready and forming up which takes a while, they then march out the gate turn left snd march to Buckingham Palace, I stand opposite the gate. Once they march round to the Palace I cross the park, over the lake snd find a spot on the mall and wait for the procession to make its way up to horseguards, you get quite close and can easily see who's who. I then get a coffee and sit in the park listening to the music during the trooping and then go back to the mall to watch them return to buck House. Horseguards use to be the gatehouse to the Palace and the park was once the grounds bit it's all open to the public now, the household cavalry guard horseguards and a regiment of footguards will guard the palaces, rotating between the various household units.
Awesome thanks
Wonderful stuff. Know it so well, but never cease to enjoy it every time. My limited marching on parade background really gives an added appreciation to how amazing this all it. They make it look easy. Appreciated!
They sure do.. thank you
If you enjoyed the Trooping of the Colour you might enjoy this. This is field gun running. Performed as part of the Edinburgh Tattoo, it involves two teams of Navy men running a 1200lb field gun over, through, and across various challenges and obstacles. It's based on a Royal Navy incident where the landed troops needed back up, so the sailors took the guns off their ship and got them ashore to give their men more fire power. Thrilling to watch. ruclips.net/video/KgPmDyQmgs0/видео.html
Oh loved this... ruclips.net/video/A5NpB_Yf0gc/видео.html
@@MarkfromtheStates Aha! I hadn't realised you seen it already. I think it's great, and I believe they discontinued the sport some time ago. :)
Ya it's a bummer... Was it Cameron who cancelled it or was it Blair... Can't remember
"Hosted the beach volleyball competition..." That tickles my funny bone for some reason.
Right
Volley ball has a following.Horse guards.Would be a good place for it to take place.
The Royals can change from one armed forces to another. My brother was in the Army and bought himself out, (leave service by paying a sum of money) 18 months later he joined the RAF and got his money back. A few years ago, not sure how it operates today. The reason for red uniforms, price. The red is from Madder, which only required one dye and was constant in colour. So quite a cheap cloth. From the days before chemical dyes.
Thank you Catherine
Pity the video had to miss out so much of the parade, particularly the actual troop of the Colour through the 6 half-Companies of Guards. It is actually the whole point of the parade. Never mind, quite a decent video .
As regards tickets, these are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis for the Majority General's Review and the Colonel's Review, but tickets for the King's Birthday Parade itself tickets are allocated by ballot after the closing date for applications. I do believe sales open in February or early March each year and you need to be quick off the mark with your application.
It amazes me the number of videos about this and they so often leave out the actual “trooping” part 😊
For the record I'm watching the actual event. This was just an explainer
I guess we are pretty good at the pomp and ceremony.
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Great video, as usual!
Thank you! Cheers!
Mark, it’s very difficult to get tickets for the King’s Birthday Parade on the final Saturday as they are done by ballot. You can certainly put your name in the ballot though. I’ve been twice (2023 and 2024) for the first time in my life (a bucket list thing) to the Colonel’s Review on the second Saturday (Prince William attended in 2023), everything is exactly the same except it’s not televised and there’s no flypast. Tickets for the first two Saturdays are on sale in March but you have to be on the ball and check the site regularly to book your seats!! Last year I checked umpteen times a day but got them!! And watch out too as this year for instance the tickets were on sale 10 days earlier than last year!)I thoroughly enjoyed both years - fabulous to see. The procession back to Buckingham Palace is tremendous but of course you can’t see it if you’re actually in Horseguards at the Trooping!😊I have friends who fly over (from Northern Ireland the night before, go to the Mall about 6am, watch the parade coming and going then fly back that night). This is a terrific parade, be prepared to stand a long time. (All free on the Mall by the way and the tickets for the first two Saturdays are only £15, no robbers there! Just to add, today I attended a ‘Armed Forces Day’ event just outside Belfast and amongst many other lovely things was treated to a 25 minute Red Arrow display, one word - Fabulous!! 😊
Awesome... Love this
Mark, the Mall is 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) long. It is classed as a ceremonial road.
Plus the pronunciation of 'The Mall' despite its spelling, is a tad confusing to some Brits let alone some Americans etc... it's 'the _Mal_' (as in short for _Mal_colm, or to rhyme with pal - as in mate, or friend or perhaps when saying
"I shall" to rhyme with 'The Mall' ...)
I hope that helps?
Sorry to be so 'long-winded' with
( _all_ of) my comments -
I just have _never ever_ been any good at precis !! 🌝🤔
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Now come on Mark! Watching the women's beach volley ball at the London Olympics!!! Must admit we all did!!
Wahoo
If you or your Son stands on horse guards parade (as I have a couple of times) you will see on one side a large building with several green domes and cable strung across the roof. This is the old Admiralty building (the HQ of the Royal Navy up to the early or mid 1950s) The cables on the roof was to communicate with ships at sea. When an officer raises their sword to their mouth several times to the King, its because the sword hilt seems to resembles a Christian Cross and the officer is kissing it.
Thank you George
The sound of the KIng's Troop Royal Horse Artilliary is just the most amazing sound at the trot......must have been just the same on the battle site of the Crimean War!!!
oh I bet
What a fantastic video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks as always Mark. I recently saw a documentary about the Household Cavalry where they said the horses have a phobia of the bearskin hats. He said they had to mount sort of behind so the horse couldn’t see them wearing the hat or have the hat passed up to them after mounting. Just another fairly useless piece of trivia. 🙂
LOL thank you
Household Cavalry do not wear bearskin hats ,although the mounted footguards officers do.
The modern British army (and every modern-day army) is based on Oliver Cromwell’s ‘New Model Army’ - which was the first trained full-time, professional standing army.
He wasn’t a very nice man, a dictator really, but he was the one who started it all.
Glad you enjoyed watching that Mark. Pity they didn't show the Household Cavalry trotting past the Monarch, they are quite a sight.
I think it is tradition for the Monarch to invite their extended family for lunch on the day. You might have noticed a very full balcony in some old films
! Since Charles became King, he has decided to have only working members of the RF, who receive an allowance for their duties on the balcony.
I expect the rest of them are hiding out the back 🙂
Thanks for the info!
The late Queen used to participate in the Trooping of the Colour riding her horse sidesaddle, a feat unto itself for anyone who has ever tried to ride this way.
Looks very difficult
The Mall was built as the main processional route to the Palace from the 'Front Gates' which is actually Horse Guards on Whitehall where the Life Guards and the Blues & Royals take turns to mount guards. The Mall cuts through St James's Park (pretty much the front garden of Buckingham Palace. Unlike the local London roads (all famous names for so many historical reasons), The Mall has always been a RED colour, to accentuate the importance of it as a royal processional route. Queen Victoria's monument obviously only existed since that Queen's death. You may have seen the pictures of the funerals of Princess Diana, Prince Philip and the late Queen Elizabeth all processing through the narrow arches of Whitehall to turn right towards Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, the latter overlooking the great River Thames.
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/Don't forgot these soldiers may be going straight back to the field in Afghanistan or somewhere. The 8 Guards carrying the late Queen's coffin had flown home from Iraq the evening of the Queen's death to prepare for the State Funeral. First instruction was to get a haircut immediately!
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Most of the the video was from 2023 but the narration was updated; at the time of the video, the Duke of Kent was colonel of the Scots Guards and the Duke of Edinburgh the colonel of the London Guards, the reserve regiment of all five foot guards regiments. You can see the DoK briefly on the dais as he is in his late eighties and travelled by car but he's not there later. He was not in uniform this year, having handed the Scots Guards over to his namesake. You'll notice too that this is about the only formal military occasion when Sir Tim is not in uniform as it's a purely army occasion. I don't know if you've ever wondered but the Navy and Air Force are Royal as they were created by the monarchy whereas the British Army owes its overall existence as a standing army to the Parliamentary army (Cromwell's New Model Army) of the English Civil War.
The King (and his brother), his father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all naval officers. Philip was in WW2, Mentioned in Despatches, and served until 1952 when his wife became queen; she said that the days she spent in Malta as a young navy wife were some of the happiest of her life. George VI served in WW1 and was a gun commander at the Battle of Jutland; as a Spare with two younger brothers, he was expendable whereas his older brother was kept away from danger. George V had a naval career as a spare until his older brother died unmarried and he had to take his place as heir. William and Harry were both army officers but it became clear to William that like his great-great-uncle he was going to be kept out of action so he transferred to the RAF to actually take an active role as a rescue helicopter pilot. There were no actual wars during Charles's time in the RN but there was no way he would have been allowed to go to the Falklands like Andrew. The Duke of Kent was a career army officer but was swiftly removed from Northern Ireland when it became known to some that he was there.
The Colours of a regiment have the Battle Honours embroidered in gold strips on the flag. They also appear on the drums of Scottish regiments and, like the Colours, it is a calamity if they fall into enemy hands. Battle Honours are inherited by succeeding regiments if they are merged, similar to RN ships inheriting the battle honours of previous ships bearing the same name.
I am very familiar with trooping the colour but I also learned a few things from this video. Oh well, every day is a school day!
So true!
This particular film has been nicely edited to give a balanced view. The whole parade ground part is I believe 1 hour? Then procession up The Mall for folk to come from all over the planet it seems (hence the late Queen moving the date the year of the train strike to allow more people to get there I understand). I thought she also missed one other Trooping because she was very pregnant but I could be wrong!
Thank you
There's the Royal Navy and the Royal Airforce. But no Royal Army. It's still called the British Army because of the memory of the English Civil War.
You should checkout London City Walks, a fine gentleman who does a lot of videos at Horse Guards where people tend to come a cropper with the Guards and Horses.
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My ex husband did that joined the Coldstream Guards transfer to 13th/18th Hussars,then the Para's then the Big guys
Wow awesome
Navy is the senior service ,Prince Philip was in the navy and that was his first love,when the serious side of the relationship between our to be queen and the navy officer became obvious ,he was made to give up the navy which he took very hard , He was the driving force that saw the prince Charles join the Royal Navy
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I’ve sang God Save the Queen all my life…really difficult to change it to King…doesn’t feel right
Ya I can imagine
[Guarding the queen] I think you’ll like this 3 part real life documentary following the guards training and at Buckingham palace and war
All eps on YT
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The Coldstream Guards are the only Foot Guard Regiment that does not have a Royal Colonel even though they are the oldest Regiment knocked down to second place because they faught for Parliment not the King in the civil war,Coldstream motto NULL SECONDUS ( SECOND TO NONE) ,I don't think I spelt the Latin right.
Ha I get it. Thanks Angela
Nobody does pageantry like the British...
Hi Mark...🇺🇲 I know it was probably just
'a slip of the tongue' but (you know me - 'eagle ears'?!!) - I heard you, say as you were listing the Regiments: "Scotch" (lol) instead of 'Scots' ...?! I _may_ have misheard but... I dont _think_ so lol !!!😊😅😂 ... Great video and reaction Mark, thanks for sharing. 😏🏴❤️🇬🇧🌝🖖
Could be... Maybe I was thinking of whisky
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Lol... Yes, not being a whisky- Scots (or a whiskey- Irish) drinker, I was more inclined to think of "Scotch Tape" (we had 'skeletal' tv adverts for that, way back when!!) - also known as 'Sellotape' here in the UK (or 'Spellotape' if youre a _British_ Harry Potter fan!!) 😏🏴❤️🇬🇧🌝🖖
Gracious me, Mark: you know more about British military history than I do, and I'm a Brit! ;-)
Oh come on lol
@@MarkfromtheStates Sir, I really mean it. Even though I come from a military family, and my best friend at school joined the Grenadier Guards, I really didn't know the names of the other 4 major regiments. I'm just rubbish that way! ;-)
It's normal for members of the Royal Family to serve in the armed forces. They are the forces' heads, after all.
Fainting to attention. As they feel themselves going They are not allowed to break from attention so will fall hard straight down. Often breaking the nose and losing teeth.
The discipline is unsurpassed.
Except a trombonist, who managed to faint sideways to preserve his trombone. As a trombone player myself, it’s ingrained that you must never knock your trombone slide as that will completely ruin the instrument.
It's called "trooping the colour" but did NOT show the "trooping the coloiur" through the troops/ranks the most important aspect. Shame upon them.
They start training in April, I believe. They are all front line soldiers and if it is their year they return home specifically for this event.
Trooper's and Horses were killed by an ira booby trap while riding through Hyde Park,
Ugh
hi mate,let me know when your coming over,troop tickets not a problem
Wow really.... Holy smokes
Where was the slow march through the ranks of the colour
This was just the explainer so I'm sure they skipped for time
Every move these troops do, there is a historical reason why.
Awesome
This video doesn't show the actual Trooping!!! It missed the most important part of the event. Watch the 2012 film of the Trooping.
Yes this just was explaining what it was... I'm making my way thru this years event