The Colonel's Review, a parade and celebration of 375 years of Coldstream Guard's loyalty to the nation

BGUK_3264548 - The Colonel's Review is the final dress rehearsal ahead of next Saturday's 'The King's Birthday Parade' ( Trooping The Colour ). Today 1,000 soldiers and 200 horses from the Household Division paraded in front of 8,000 ticketed spectators on Horse Guards Parade in London with their old Colours. Enjoying their 375th anniversary, the Coldstream Guards regiment is determined to make this year's Trooping The Colour worthy of their glorious history and a tribute to their unbroken loyalty to the Crown. Horses and soldiers carried out of complex battlefield drill manoeuvres to a spectacular programme of music. Many of the movements and drills in the parade formed the bedrock of infantry tactics in days gone by and much of the clothing likewise draws its relevance from the frontline battlefields of previous centuries.