Close-up of Guardsmen on Duty during the the Queens Birthday Parade, (Trooping the Colour), at the start of her Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

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In June each year Trooping the Colour, also known as 'The Queen's Birthday Parade', takes place on Horse Guards Parade in London. With Her Majesty the Queen taking the salute Trooping the Colour is the highlight of the ceremonial calendar with over 1400 officers and men, two hundred horses and the Massed Bands of the Household Division on parade. Prior to the Queen's Birthday Parade two Trooping the Colour Reviews take place, the first is 'The Major General's Review' and then 'The Colonel's Review'. As part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations The Queen's Birthday Parade will take place on Thursday 2nd June with 'The Colour' being Trooped by the1st. Battalion Irish Guards

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Size: 5616px × 3744px
Location: Trafalgar Square, London, UK
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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