The Queen’s Life Guard at Horse Guards

October 232009

Images of an hourly shift change ceremony of The Queen’s Life Guard (aka Horse Guards) in London, recorded in May of 2006. The regiment on duty that day was The Blues and Royals.

Duration : 0:3:10


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25 Responses

  1. watsonmj123 Says:

    not long, there …
    not long, there btter looked after then me

  2. RackJacket Says:

    Are you mentally …
    Are you mentally retarded?

    There are armed response teams all over the place, they could put a bullet into the back of your head with one word,

    The Guards are ceromonial, Yet i dont see anyone ever having the balls to do anything

    Because in the blink on an eye those Guards will ram their sword in your gullet

  3. GarethGittins Says:

    lol house hold …
    lol house hold calavry, queens royal lancers, in a gun fight you would run away when u see a scimtar tank from household and queen royal lancer driving challenger 2 tank i think they pretty well own a gun fight!

  4. Sionadi Says:

    id love to see how …
    id love to see how those swords would stand up in a gun fight…..

  5. Ash1253 Says:

    2 hours max then …
    2 hours max then they sleep in the stalls its nt hard on them they gt it quite easy and are very well looked after

  6. blowtorchacurlyfry1 Says:

    how long do those …
    how long do those poor horses have to stand there?

  7. TarEldamir Says:

    lol
    lol

  8. HoIic Says:

    Is the queen a …
    Is the queen a clown because all I see is a entertainment park. It should be more serious!

  9. Daladun Says:

    I remember passing …
    I remember passing there.

  10. Ghost77Riders Says:

    I heard 2 muslim …
    I heard 2 muslim guards were arrested for attempting to steal the CROWN JEWELS????

  11. JohnnyH1982 Says:

    Great musical …
    Great musical choice, it really drives the video :D .

  12. elephantbarbiegirl Says:

    Which is the most …
    Which is the most difficult- being out in Iraq/Afghanistan or having to remain stoical amid swarms of tourists? How do they not lose it?!

  13. itsmepaul57 Says:

    Actually The …
    Actually The Household cavalry’s dutys are far from just cerimonial – they are also part o the Royal Armoured Brigade and have main battle tanks and all that goes with it. They serve 3 years in London then another 3 years with the tanks.

    The are currently serving – along with thier brother regiment The Lifeguards in all present conflicts.

    Ex LG

  14. BobcatSchneidermann Says:

    It’s a real army …
    It’s a real army regiment. It’s the only active fighting infantry regiment of the Danish army. 500 Danish royal guardsmen or so in Afghanistan right now.

  15. fhcool Says:

    The Queen’s Foot …
    The Queen’s Foot Guards are also out for two hours, off for four. These guys in the video are the Household Cavalry, and their public duties seem to all be purely ceremonial.
    Are the Danish Royal Guards a real army regiment ? or is it purely ceremonial?

  16. BobcatSchneidermann Says:

    So, you guys are …
    So, you guys are out for an hour, and then you’re relieved?
    I served in the Danish Royal Guards. We’re out for two hours, and then we have a four hour break. How is it with you lads?

  17. IC2720 Says:

    aye, right you are
    aye, right you are

  18. fakedollar538 Says:

    6 hours? and the …
    6 hours? and the rest and the only time were not there is for 3 weeks in august when we go on leave. i wish it was as you say.

  19. PhillyKid07 Says:

    STAND CLEAR!!!
    STAND CLEAR!!!

  20. thegclique Says:

    I was just about to …
    I was just about to post that until i read your comment.

    Stupid american i presume.

  21. NAYG89 Says:

    You need a serious …
    You need a serious history lesson

  22. cipher656james Says:

    bloody tourists
    bloody tourists

  23. marcamus077 Says:

    These arn’t Life …
    These arn’t Life Guards they are the Blues and Royals, the Life Guards are the ones in red tunics and white plumes, Blues wear blue tunics with red plumes.

  24. m80cluster Says:

    lol one more …
    lol one more historic …

    the 2nd WW was a nice show but that´s all i know …

    what i know 100% is that ur Queen is German …

    that´s ur history …

    and come on , we all know that WW2 was all about a big fat lie to proclaim the israelite state …

    so don´t come with history when everything was a big script like out of a big movie …

    or the bible ??

  25. englishman2000 Says:

    you idiots are the …
    you idiots are the clowns look at your history

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