Royal Salutes

The King's Troop RHA firing a Royal Salute is one of the most spectactular forms of ceremonial to be seen in London. Seventy-one horses take part, and the officers and soldiers wear their spectacular ceremonial full dress uniforms. For salutes in Hyde Park, the six guns form up in a line abreast and gallop into action. A salute of 41 guns is fired, and as the last round echoes across the park, the guns are hooked into their team of horses and they gallop away.