Parade inspection of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) at Hyde Park Barracks on March 28, 2012 in London, England. The HCMR are preparing for ceremonial duties during celebrations to mark HM Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee in June 2012. The mounted regiment will provide a Sovereign's Escort from Parliament to Buckingham Palace. This will involve 116 men and horses riding fore and aft of the carriage carrying the Sovereign. In addition, the State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry will be playing fanfares in St. Paul’s Cathedral during the Jubilee Service and the double mounted band (53 musicians and horses) of the Household Cavalry will be marching the processional route in advance of the Escort.
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 29: Members of the Household Cavalry ride as Their Royal Highnesses Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge make their journey by carriage procession to Buckingham Palace following their marriage at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011 in London, England. They will reprise their role this year for the jubilee celebrations.
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: A member of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) walks his horse at Hyde Park Barracks.
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: Members of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment carry cupcakes for breakfast and a pair of boots before parade at Hyde Park Barracks.
State Trumpeters of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment stand on parade at Hyde Park Barracks.
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: Officers of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) share a joke before parade.
Members of the Lifeguards Household Cavalry perform morning stable duties as they prepare for the Major General's inspection and the state celebrations for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: A locker belonging to a trooper of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: The HCMR prepare for parade
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: Farrier, Corporal of Horse, Chris McCabe of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR), makes sparks as he prepares a horse shoe at Hyde Park Barracks.
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: Trooper Marc Goodwin of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) lifts a saddle down from the wall in the tack room at Hyde Park Barracks.
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 28: Trooper Aaron Wilson of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) polishes one of his riding boots at Hyde Park Barracks.
A soldier holds a medal specially created for the diamond jubilee of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II
