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Encyclopedia > Horse Guards

Horse Guards is also a large building on Whitehall, at the eastern end of Horse Guards Parade. It was once the headquarters of the whole British Army and is now the headquarters of its London District. Horse Guards is always guarded by troopers of the Household Cavalry, both mounted and on foot.

The Royal Horse Guards was a Household Cavalry regiment of the British Army, now amalgamated into the Blues and Royals. There was also a titular regiment, the Horse Guards, which actually consisted of several independent troops: see Horse Guards Regiment. The Governor General's Horse Guards are the Household Cavalry in Canada, and part of the Commonwealth of Nations Household Division.


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Horse Guards Parade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (353 words)
The 2nd Footguards (Coldstream) on Parade at Horse Guards, by John Chapman, c.
The parade ground is open on the west side, where it faces Horse Guards Road and St.
It is flanked on the north by the Old Admiralty and the Admiralty Citadel, on the east by Horse Guards — formerly the headquarters of the British Army — and on the south by HM Treasury and the back wall of 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British Prime Minister.
The Queen's Life Guard (536 words)
Horse Guards is named after the troops who have mounted the Queen's Life Guard on this spot since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.
Horse Guards remains the official entrance to St James's and Buckingham Palace and this is why The Queen's Life Guard is still mounted here.
As the New Guard arrives, each Guard carries the Standard and the Trumpeters of both Old and New Guards sound the Royal Salute on the arrival of the New Guard and on the departure of the Old Guard.
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