Household Cavalry

9 stunning shots of The Queen’s mounted bodyguard making their final summer pageantry preparations

We bring you some of the moments captured on the day of this annual inspection, which was blessed with some of the very best spring weather…

‘The race to perfection’: muddy cavalry horses in for a deep clean after winter holidays

The horses have spent two months ‘rolling in mud and eating like champions’ in the Leicestershire fields of the Defence Animal Training Regiment

Household Cavalry superstar retires after 15 years’ service

‘Don’t be fooled: he’d still try to buck you off in Hyde Park, given the chance’

Horse jumps picnic table and 10 other stunning photos of military horses in all their glory

Take a look at these military horses as you might never have seen them before...

Could you offer a former cavalry horse a loving retirement home?

Former service horse Hendrix is one of those looking for a peaceful new life

A frisky Windsor Grey — and 5 more horsey moments you may have missed from the royal wedding

Feeling bereft that the royal wedding is over? We re-live all the pomp and ceremony of the day with our favourite horsey moments

Royal wedding: horses undergo their final preparations for the big day

The world’s eyes will be on the Household Cavalry horses as the royal wedding is broadcast globally tomorrow (19 May 2018) — and final preparations are reaching fever pitch

Cruachan on tour: cheeky military Shetland visits Household Cavalry

The pint-sized military Shetland has struck up a new friendship on his trip, with a 17.1hh drum horse named Adamas

Household Cavalry to play key role in royal wedding

More than 250 members of the armed forces are to perform ceremonial duties at the wedding

From muddy monsters to fit for duty: cavalry horses given winter make-over

The soldiers face the ‘seemingly impossible task’ of grooming the cavalry horses to ‘sleek perfection’ after their winter holiday

Cavalry holds surprise 100th birthday party for Second World War veteran

Alf Lawes, who served with the Royal Horse Guards from 1939 to 1946, was presented with the Legion d'Honneur at his surprise party

The Queen gives army drum horse his new name

The 17.1hh Shire, formerly known as Big Red, has been in training for the role since joining the army in 2013

Meet Big Red: the Household Cavalry’s new drum horse

‘Household Cavalry drum horses carry the rank of major and as such are senior to all other animals of rank in the army’

‘Horrific incident’ after 21 army horses released from their field

The horses were involved in a number of collisions after they were let out on to a road

13 photos that have us longing to decamp to Holkham Beach

It's that time of year again, when photos of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment splashing through the sea in North Norfolk are splashed across the national newspapers — a sure-fire sign that summer has arrived

Double-decker stables and a hidden horse walker: is this Britain's most compact yard?

7 things you might not know about the Household Cavalry's annual trip to Norfolk

In The Queen's 90th birthday year, the Household Cavalry's diary has been fuller than usual, so its annual trip to Norfolk comes as a welcome break. But it's not all frolicking in the sea...

'We’ve certainly got a job on our hands': cavalry horse make-overs begin

The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment’s horses have returned to their London Barracks following a winter holiday in the field

'Dirtiest horse in the British army' dies aged 30

Former Household Cavalry horse Sevastopol has died aged 30

Extra carrots for the horses: Christmas Day with the cavalry

It is work as usual for military mounted regiments on Christmas Day