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Seven of the Blues and Royals' horses were also killed in the attack. One seriously injured horse, Sefton, survived and was featured on television programmes and was awarded "Horse of the Year". [2] In 1987, Gilbert "Danny" McNamee was convicted of making the Hyde Park bomb and jailed for 25 years.
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 parade ground is open on the west side, where it faces Horse Guards Road and St James's Park. It is enclosed to the north by the Admiralty Citadel and the Admiralty Extension building, to the east by Admiralty House, William Kent's Horse Guards and the rear of Dover House (home of the Scotland Office), and to the south by Kent's Treasury building (now used by the Cabinet Office), garden ...
The video is a full faithful performance from the premiere concert of the Tubular Bells III album at Horse Guards Parade, London, and was released by Warner Music.The concert finishes with encores of "Secrets" and "Far Above the Clouds".
Troopers in the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment assembled in the Parade Square at Hyde Park Barracks to take part in an annual event to find the best turned out soldier and horse.
The plinth extends from the balustrade of the former Admiralty Extension building on Horse Guards Parade, a military parade ground off Whitehall, the centre of the British government. To the rear and left of the memorial is the Admiralty Citadel, a bomb-proof command centre built during the Second World War. Relief carvings of the Royal Naval ...
The regiment also mounts the King's Life Guard at Horse Guards, which consists of one squadron from each regiment. [5] In April 2024, horses belonging to the barracks escaped, bolting after being spooked by construction noises. The horses collided with pedestrians and vehicles. Two of the horses reached as far as Limehouse. [6]
The Cádiz Memorial, also known as the "Prince Regent's Bomb", is an early 19th-century French mortar mounted on a brass monster, located in Horse Guards Parade in Westminster, London. [1] It was first "exposed to public view" on 12 August 1816 [2] and has been classified as a Grade II listed building since 1 December 1987. [3]