The colour refers to the campaign flag which was the collecting point in battle. It is also known as the Queen's, now the King's, birthday parade which is held in summer, regardless of the actual birthday, because the weather is expected to be better. Torrential rain for this year's parade!
The tall black hat is a 'bearskin' and they are from Canadian black bears. They were awarded to the Guards Regiments following the defeat of the Imperial French Guards (who wore them) by the English Guards in the Napoleonic wars of the early 1800s It was intended to make the soldiers look taller and more imposing as they marched forward into battle
Enjoyed that reaction as well as seeing the late queen riding sidesaddle again. You get the level of commentary right without too many interruptions. The black bearskins that the guards regiments wear date from the Napleonic wars. Napoleon’s Imperial guard wore high fur caps to make them look more impressive and intimidating as they went into battle. The British soldiers thought they looked good, and so the bearskin helmet began to be used shortly afterwards.
During one Ceremony sometime in the 80's, ( Can't remember the exact yr) while the Late Queen was riding back to Buckingham Palace a man took aim and shot at the Queen,( fortunately they were blank bullets.)The Horse that she was riding bolted and was ready to run off at a high speed but due to the Queen being an experienced Horse Woman she was able to calm the horse and continued the Ceremony as if nothing had happened and all this while she was riding Sidesaddle. She didn't bat an eyelid, she just calmly continued her Duties. There is a video on TH-cam if you care to take a look. Great Video 🤗 ❤️ from across the Pond 🇬🇧🤓
@jamesleogue3938 It was the 1981 Trooping The Colour. The assassination of Queen Elizabeth was attempted by 17 year old Marcus Sarjeant from Folkestone, Kent During the Trooping the Colour parade in June 1981, a teenager fired six blank shots at the Queen as she rode her horse down The Mall. In the days leading up to the parade, he had sent a threatening letter to Buckingham Palace reading: ‘Your Majesty. Don’t go to the Trooping the Colour ceremony because there is an assassin setup to kill you, waiting just outside the palace.’ But the letter didn’t arrive until days after the parade, meaning the Queen was unaware of any threat when she mounted her horse that day. Armed with two blank-firing replica Colt Python revolvers, Sarjeant positioned himself near the junction between The Mall and Horseguards Road, then fired six blanks. He was tackled to the ground by Lance Corporal Alec Galloway of the Scots Guards and disarmed. Sarjeant was prosecuted under the Treason Act and pleaded guilty, before being sentenced to five years in prison on September 14, 1981.
The flag you saw the guard lower while marching that was the colours there lowered to salute the queen .And if you ever get the chance to have a close look at the colours youll see a list of all the battles fought and won by that regiment these are called the battle honours.They bring great pride to the regiments that covert them.
Bearskin caps and headdresses have been in use across Europe for centuries. They became taller to create a more impressive looking soldier. They are only used in Britain for ceremonial purposes these days.
Trooping the Colour is parading the Regiments flag, called the Colour, to the soldiers so they can recognise it on a battlefield. This parade is done every year in front of the Queen, or now King, on their official birthday in June, by a different regiment each year. The cavalry are the Monarch's bodyguard, they go wherever the King or Queen go. Queen road a horse every year at this ceremony until she got old. She rode side-saddle the way ladies always used to ride, with both legs on the same side of the saddle. The French used to wear big black hats. When the British beat the French at the battle of Waterloo the British soldiers started to copy the French hats, just to upset them. The French wore them to look big & powerful. The British beating them showed that they weren't.
Here are the differences from then and now: It is exactly the same today except the weapon being carried by the soldiers. The stands are different today to yesteryear. Two days before The Trooping The Colour The Bands of The Royal Marines are on Horse Guards Parade. I was there to see The Royal Marines bands the week after I left school in June 1991 after my GCSE exams the week before, I saw two Royal Marines sitting at a table at Horse Guards Parade I saw a policeman and asked him why they where there and he said there is something going on go and ask them so we did and we bought tickets. The police are on duty and you have to remove certain items from your pockets and place in a box then go through the detector. When I was there the late HM Majesty The Queen was present as was the late Diana Princess of Wales, HRH The Prince of Wales Prince William and Harry plus the then Defence Secretary Tom King.
I'm pretty sure I recognise the voice of Richard Dimbleby. He used to commentate on all the big things in those days (he dd Winston Churchill's funeral)
This was two years before I was born, but it was the way things seemed to stay right up into my adult years. That Britain is now as much a part of history as the Victorian era.
Queen Elizabeth had a long standing association with the Grenadier Guards. At 16 years old, in 1942 in the middle of WW2, Princess Elizabeth carried out her first public engagement, inspecting a parade of the Grenadier Guards. She had become there honorary colonel, for life. It was members of the Queen's Company, Grenadier Guards who provided the honour guard and the bearer party to lay her Majesty to rest in 2022. Trooping the Colour happens every year - and if you ever watch it, you will see how little it has changed.
The guards wear he bearskin hats because it’s the same hats that Napoleon Bonapartes most Elite soldiers The Old Guard wore they were never defeated until the battle of Waterloo and after the British defeated them we stole their hats as a trophy.💂
Trooping the colour 1981 the queen was shot at. The crowd handed the gunman over to the police. Prince philip rode up to the queen's side, the queen subdued her mount Burmese who was her favourite horse and simply carried on. She was a legend.
It’s crazy to think, this is how they fought wars in the 17th-18 century. Two armies in formation would meet in a field and on the trumpet of a signal, would march or ride to engage each other in bloody hand to hand fighting. The King would always be the at head the army.
Go back a century or two, and all armies used to wear tall hats. This made them look more formidable to the enemy. It might seem funny now that we fight differently, but in those days, when armies faced each other en masse on the battlefield, it was a thing.
The queen was a horsewoman, head of the armed forces and was trained as a mechanic in WW2, mending trucks......She was shot at in 1981 when someone tried to assassinate her, but she just carried on riding 🇬🇧🤩✨
The British Army's guards wear bearskin hats to make them appear taller and more intimidating in battle: Origin The tradition began after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, when the British captured bearskin caps worn by the French Imperial Guard as trophies. The British 1st Regiment of Foot Guards redesigned their uniforms to include the bearskin headdress to honor their role in the victory.
The Queen, now the King, is the Head of All the Military in the UK. The Military only swear Allegiance to the Monarch. I read that the British Soldiers took the hats (caps) from the French after finally defeating them at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. It had been a long and gruelling war (about 15 years). If this is true - these were worn by the French originally. If you look at the uniforms in military history books armies wore tall hats of some kind. It was meant to make them look very tall to intimidate the enemy. The scarlet uniforms and the tall black 'busby' hats (caps) etc are now worn only for ceremonial occasions. Our soldiers wear modern uniforms now. It is quite something to realise that many of the men you just watched in this 1956 clip actually were some of the ones that fought for our Freedoms in WW2. The 'Colour' is the Regimental 'flag' used to show the soldiers where the British position was during battle. In the heat of bloody battle it is easy to become confused. When new 'Colours' are presented to a Regiment, one of their number slowly marches along their Lines to show the men exactly what their new Colour 'flag' looks like. This is now a Traditional Ceremony - and you know what we Brits are like with our Traditions !!! Thankfully. Another great reaction. Thank you.
now watch a more modern one. The colour is the flag which has all the battles that regiment has fought in going back centuries. The queen is the head of the armed forces and when they join up, the soldiers swear allegence to the Queen. The tall black hat is to make them look taller and more scary back in the day. Now its tradition. They weigh a lot and often, i soldier will faint if its a hot day.
Regermentl colours are two flags one the units flag the other the kings flag when both on parade the kings colour is on the right the Regermentals on the left they can be very differant colours like the Essex Regermental flag is yellow with the union flag in the top left corner alongside the flagstaff . In the 1800 black powder was used when fired it made a black clowed that hung in the air around chest to head high . The flags could be seen above the smoke due to the positions of both flags the soldiers could tell what way they were going . The trooping of the colours was first done by the Duke of mallbourger at the battle of minden he paraded the flags through the ranks before the battle so the soldiers many illiterate could see what they looked like what the patterns were and colours . This was done for several reasons but most important if the short valley to the colours this ment the flags were under attack and everyone is to go and help keep them . Also after an attack and you had chased the enemy away a bugle and drum would sound a recall the troops would look for there Regermental colours and rejoin them like at Minden there were twenty English Regerments each Regerment mite have from two too six Battalions a Battalion is a thousand men each flag has a differant look colours symbols shapes so the men can see them and know what flag to go too
The Queen was sitting on a side saddle, so both of her legs were on the left side of her horse. Also, the film did not show the Royal Horse Artillery which has 6 horse-drawn guns and the first gun is their Battery 'Colour'. The 'fluffy' hats are bearskins and I think it was the Duke of Wellington who authorised their wearing after they defeated a French unit that wore them - the idea of the hats was to make the soldiers look bigger - remembering that in order to be a Guardsman, at that time, you had to be over 6 feet 1 inch tall.
At the start of the video, they told you what trooping the colour was all about, but as usual the pair of you were to busy talking over the commentary so once again missed vital information Please pause if you wish to comment.
I worked with a lady whose son was on parade one year. It is a moment of huge pride for these serving soldiers but also their families.
I was there as a young child. The queen rode side saddle right by me and smiled. Just wonderful.
Good to see you guys appreciating British things. We may be quirky but can certainly organise events. How the hell do they control those horses?
My brother in law was a member of the Coldstream Guards in the late 1970s. He was on parade a couple of times during his career in the army.
The colour refers to the campaign flag which was the collecting point in battle. It is also known as the Queen's, now the King's, birthday parade which is held in summer, regardless of the actual birthday, because the weather is expected to be better. Torrential rain for this year's parade!
The tall black hat is a 'bearskin' and they are from Canadian black bears. They were awarded to the Guards Regiments following the defeat of the Imperial French Guards (who wore them) by the English Guards in the Napoleonic wars of the early 1800s It was intended to make the soldiers look taller and more imposing as they marched forward into battle
Enjoyed that reaction as well as seeing the late queen riding sidesaddle again. You get the level of commentary right without too many interruptions. The black bearskins that the guards regiments wear date from the Napleonic wars. Napoleon’s Imperial guard wore high fur caps to make them look more impressive and intimidating as they went into battle. The British soldiers thought they looked good, and so the bearskin helmet began to be used shortly afterwards.
During one Ceremony sometime in the 80's, ( Can't remember the exact yr) while the Late Queen was riding back to Buckingham Palace a man took aim and shot at the Queen,( fortunately they were blank bullets.)The Horse that she was riding bolted and was ready to run off at a high speed but due to the Queen being an experienced Horse Woman she was able to calm the horse and continued the Ceremony as if nothing had happened and all this while she was riding Sidesaddle.
She didn't bat an eyelid, she just calmly continued her Duties.
There is a video on TH-cam if you care to take a look.
Great Video 🤗
❤️ from across the Pond 🇬🇧🤓
I remember it being on the TV news. Stalwart in her duty. From Yorkshire
@jamesleogue3938
It was the 1981 Trooping The Colour. The assassination of Queen Elizabeth was attempted by 17 year old Marcus Sarjeant from Folkestone, Kent
During the Trooping the Colour parade in June 1981, a teenager fired six blank shots at the Queen as she rode her horse down The Mall.
In the days leading up to the parade, he had sent a threatening letter to Buckingham Palace reading: ‘Your Majesty. Don’t go to the Trooping the Colour ceremony because there is an assassin setup to kill you, waiting just outside the palace.’
But the letter didn’t arrive until days after the parade, meaning the Queen was unaware of any threat when she mounted her horse that day.
Armed with two blank-firing replica Colt Python revolvers, Sarjeant positioned himself near the junction between The Mall and Horseguards Road, then fired six blanks.
He was tackled to the ground by Lance Corporal Alec Galloway of the Scots Guards and disarmed.
Sarjeant was prosecuted under the Treason Act and pleaded guilty, before being sentenced to five years in prison on September 14, 1981.
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The flag you saw the guard lower while marching that was the colours there lowered to salute the queen .And if you ever get the chance to have a close look at the colours youll see a list of all the battles fought and won by that regiment these are called the battle honours.They bring great pride to the regiments that covert them.
Bearskin caps and headdresses have been in use across Europe for centuries. They became taller to create a more impressive looking soldier. They are only used in Britain for ceremonial purposes these days.
4:30 That sheathing was smooth like velvet.
Trooping the Colour is parading the Regiments flag, called the Colour, to the soldiers so they can recognise it on a battlefield. This parade is done every year in front of the Queen, or now King, on their official birthday in June, by a different regiment each year. The cavalry are the Monarch's bodyguard, they go wherever the King or Queen go. Queen road a horse every year at this ceremony until she got old. She rode side-saddle the way ladies always used to ride, with both legs on the same side of the saddle. The French used to wear big black hats. When the British beat the French at the battle of Waterloo the British soldiers started to copy the French hats, just to upset them. The French wore them to look big & powerful. The British beating them showed that they weren't.
I was so glad to see this I was 9 and watched it with my dad!!! Wonderful!!
I was 6 yrs. Always so proud to be British 🇬🇧
Here are the differences from then and now: It is exactly the same today except the weapon being carried by the soldiers. The stands are different today to yesteryear. Two days before The Trooping The Colour The Bands of The Royal Marines are on Horse Guards Parade. I was there to see The Royal Marines bands the week after I left school in June 1991 after my GCSE exams the week before, I saw two Royal Marines sitting at a table at Horse Guards Parade I saw a policeman and asked him why they where there and he said there is something going on go and ask them so we did and we bought tickets. The police are on duty and you have to remove certain items from your pockets and place in a box then go through the detector. When I was there the late HM Majesty The Queen was present as was the late Diana Princess of Wales, HRH The Prince of Wales Prince William and Harry plus the then Defence Secretary Tom King.
I'm pretty sure I recognise the voice of Richard Dimbleby. He used to commentate on all the big things in those days (he dd Winston Churchill's funeral)
I watched exactly that parade as a boy. Some Colonial Service got tickets. Not for a rehearsal. The real thing.
I attended about 15 years ago - not as many take part now.
This was two years before I was born, but it was the way things seemed to stay right up into my adult years. That Britain is now as much a part of history as the Victorian era.
Queen Elizabeth had a long standing association with the Grenadier Guards. At 16 years old, in 1942 in the middle of WW2, Princess Elizabeth carried out her first public engagement, inspecting a parade of the Grenadier Guards. She had become there honorary colonel, for life. It was members of the Queen's Company, Grenadier Guards who provided the honour guard and the bearer party to lay her Majesty to rest in 2022. Trooping the Colour happens every year - and if you ever watch it, you will see how little it has changed.
It's an amazing parade, so slick and still the same today. Lovely to see the young Queen inspecting the Parade on horse back. 😊😊😊
Yes, and riding sidesaddle - both legs on the left hand side. She rode like this for many years just for this ceremony.
The guards wear he bearskin hats because it’s the same hats that Napoleon Bonapartes most Elite soldiers The Old Guard wore they were never defeated until the battle of Waterloo and after the British defeated them we stole their hats as a trophy.💂
Trooping the colour 1981 the queen was shot at. The crowd handed the gunman over to the police. Prince philip rode up to the queen's side, the queen subdued her mount Burmese who was her favourite horse and simply carried on. She was a legend.
You always look stunning, you should be a model🙋🏻♀️🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍
Fabulous.
It’s crazy to think, this is how they fought wars in the 17th-18 century. Two armies in formation would meet in a field and on the trumpet of a signal, would march or ride to engage each other in bloody hand to hand fighting. The King would always be the at head the army.
Love your hair and dress.Worth watching for that alone.The boring soldier video nah! : )
The Queen continued to ride for Trooping the Colour until 1987 when she started inspecting the troops in an open carriage.
After she retired her horse the famous Burmese, a gift from the Royal Canadian Mounties, she said it wouldn’t be the same riding a different horse.
We didn't have colour tv's in those days...
Very interesting -thanks
Hi guys..the tall black hats are Bearskins
Go back a century or two, and all armies used to wear tall hats. This made them look more formidable to the enemy. It might seem funny now that we fight differently, but in those days, when armies faced each other en masse on the battlefield, it was a thing.
The queen was a horsewoman, head of the armed forces and was trained as a mechanic in WW2, mending trucks......She was shot at in 1981 when someone tried to assassinate her, but she just carried on riding 🇬🇧🤩✨
The colour is the flag they troop. It has all the battles they have faught on it.
If you notice she rides side saddle. It more modest for her. ❤️🇬🇧
The British Army's guards wear bearskin hats to make them appear taller and more intimidating in battle:
Origin
The tradition began after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, when the British captured bearskin caps worn by the French Imperial Guard as trophies. The British 1st Regiment of Foot Guards redesigned their uniforms to include the bearskin headdress to honor their role in the victory.
The video left a lot of the important parts out, especially the actual trooping of the colour.
You have to come to London and see it for real
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The Queen, now the King, is the Head of All the Military in the UK. The Military only swear Allegiance to the Monarch. I read that the British Soldiers took the hats (caps) from the French after finally defeating them at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. It had been a long and gruelling war (about 15 years). If this is true - these were worn by the French originally.
If you look at the uniforms in military history books armies wore tall hats of some kind. It was meant to make them look very tall to intimidate the enemy. The scarlet uniforms and the tall black 'busby' hats (caps) etc are now worn only for ceremonial occasions. Our soldiers wear modern uniforms now. It is quite something to realise that many of the men you just watched in this 1956 clip actually were some of the ones that fought for our Freedoms in WW2.
The 'Colour' is the Regimental 'flag' used to show the soldiers where the British position was during battle. In the heat of bloody battle it is easy to become confused. When new 'Colours' are presented to a Regiment, one of their number slowly marches along their Lines to show the men exactly what their new Colour 'flag' looks like. This is now a Traditional Ceremony - and you know what we Brits are like with our Traditions !!! Thankfully. Another great reaction. Thank you.
Much better in those days, better uniforms, no five foot women, no fat soldiers
The band was also part of the regiment, now the are on attachment from the Royal Corps of Army music.
now watch a more modern one. The colour is the flag which has all the battles that regiment has fought in going back centuries. The queen is the head of the armed forces and when they join up, the soldiers swear allegence to the Queen. The tall black hat is to make them look taller and more scary back in the day. Now its tradition. They weigh a lot and often, i soldier will faint if its a hot day.
Flag is not the term used it is the COLOURS, they are the escort of the colours.
Regermentl colours are two flags one the units flag the other the kings flag when both on parade the kings colour is on the right the Regermentals on the left they can be very differant colours like the Essex Regermental flag is yellow with the union flag in the top left corner alongside the flagstaff . In the 1800 black powder was used when fired it made a black clowed that hung in the air around chest to head high . The flags could be seen above the smoke due to the positions of both flags the soldiers could tell what way they were going . The trooping of the colours was first done by the Duke of mallbourger at the battle of minden he paraded the flags through the ranks before the battle so the soldiers many illiterate could see what they looked like what the patterns were and colours . This was done for several reasons but most important if the short valley to the colours this ment the flags were under attack and everyone is to go and help keep them . Also after an attack and you had chased the enemy away a bugle and drum would sound a recall the troops would look for there Regermental colours and rejoin them like at Minden there were twenty English Regerments each Regerment mite have from two too six Battalions a Battalion is a thousand men each flag has a differant look colours symbols shapes so the men can see them and know what flag to go too
Thanks.
The Queen was sitting on a side saddle, so both of her legs were on the left side of her horse. Also, the film did not show the Royal Horse Artillery which has 6 horse-drawn guns and the first gun is their Battery 'Colour'. The 'fluffy' hats are bearskins and I think it was the Duke of Wellington who authorised their wearing after they defeated a French unit that wore them - the idea of the hats was to make the soldiers look bigger - remembering that in order to be a Guardsman, at that time, you had to be over 6 feet 1 inch tall.
King's troop Royal Horse Artillery are not Household troops and first took part in the parade in 1977.
She rode side saddled
that how British Ladies ride
You guys should watch lord mayors show young defenders video to react
Wish I could understand a word you are saying.
At the start of the video, they told you what trooping the colour was all about, but as usual the pair of you were to busy talking over the commentary so once again missed vital information Please pause if you wish to comment.
hI GUYS SORRY YOUR AFRICAN ACCENTS ARE SO THICK I CANT UNDERSTAND ONE WORD YOU SAY.