Blues and Royals
Blues and Royals (kortform för Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) (förkortning: RHG/D) är ett kavalleriregemente i Storbritanniens armé, ett av två regementen som ingår i Household Cavalry.[1][2] Regementets motto är detsamma som för Strumpebandsorden: Honi soit qui mal y pense, latin för "Skam den, som tänker illa därom".
Bakgrund
Blues and Royals är regementet med brittiska armén med näst äldst traditioner, efter Coldstream Guards. Regementet bildades 1969 och för vidare traditionerna från Royal Horse Guards samt Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) som sträcker sig tillbaka till 1660-talet. Blues and Royals har deltagit med mekaniserade spaningsförband i Falklandskriget, som del av United Nations Protection Force i Bosnien 1994-1995, Irakkriget och Afghanistankriget.[3]
Stallar för hästarna i London är Hyde Park Barracks. Regementets hederschef är kung Charles III. Prinsessan Anne, Princess Royal är överste à la suite i regementet och bär regementets uniform vid Trooping the Colour.[4]
Referenser
- Den här artikeln är helt eller delvis baserad på material från engelskspråkiga Wikipedia, Blues and Royals, tidigare version.
Noter
- ^ ”Queen's Regulations for the Army (1975) Amdt 37 – May 19” (på engelska). ANNEX A TO CHAPTER 2. Ministry of Defence. 2019. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/826092/The_Queen_s_Regulations_for_the_Army_1975.pdf. Läst 16 november 2021.
- ^ ”Ceremonial” (på engelska). The Household Cavalry Foundation. https://www.hcavfoundation.org/about/about-the-household-cavalry/ceremonial/. Läst 6 november 2021.
- ^ ”Regimental History” (på engelska). The Household Cavalry Foundation. https://www.hcavfoundation.org/about/about-the-household-cavalry/history-of-the-household-cavalry/. Läst 6 november 2021.
- ^ ”Background” (på engelska). householddivision.org.uk. Household Division. https://www.householddivision.org.uk/hq. Läst 16 november 2021. ”The reigning monarch normally holds the appointment of Colonel-in-Chief of the regiments of Household Division. Each regiment has a Colonel who is normally either a member of the Royal Family or a senior officer.
The Blues and Royals: HRH The Princess Royal”
Se även
- King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery (ceremoniförband med ridande artilleri)
- Royal Mews (brittiska hovstallet)
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(c) Photo: Sgt Rupert Frere/MOD, OGL v1.0
Pictured are troops from the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment parade in Hyde Park, prior to The Major General's Inspection.
After this dress rehearsal, The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment were put through their paces during their annual inspection by Major General Ben Bathurst the General Officer Commanding the Army in London and the Queen’s Household Troops.
The Queen’s mounted bodyguard parade in Hyde Park to prove their readiness for another busy summer of pageantry. After intense preparations that have involved hundreds of hours of training, honing physical and mental prowess of both horses and men.
The Major General's Inspection is the annual test of the regiment's ability to conduct state ceremonial duties for the year. During the parade more than 160 men and horses including the Household Cavalry Band with their magnificent Drum Horses, will trot and canter across the grass of Hyde Park in a display of military mounted precision. Many of the soldiers will be up for most of the night making final improvements to the mirror sheen of their silver cuirasses, Jack Boots, and grooming their horses for the parade. Excellence is hard won -a pair of Jack Boots can take more than 200 hours of polishing to bring up to parade standard. The horses came back from grass in late January and have had to undergo their own healthy eating and fitness regime to build muscle and agility for ceremonial duties fit for Her Majesty.
- Organization: Army
- Object Name: APOLOND-2017-026 HCMR Pre Insp-1310
- Category: MOD
- Supplemental Categories: Horses, Animals, Army, People
- Keywords: Ceremonial , Occasion, Horse, Animal, Soldiers, Non-Identifiable, Personnel, Helmet, Headwear, Plumed Helmet , Jack Boots , Breast Plate , Silver Cuirasses, Army, Regiments, The Household Cavalry, The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, HCMRD, Location, London, Equipment, Clothing, Bugle
- Country: United Kingdom