household cavalry
Americannoun
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This time there's the glitter of a carriage procession from Buckingham Palace with the household cavalry accompanying them.
From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023
McCarthy, the Australian ambassador, said he had heard that Queen Elizabeth II’s royal household team featured Grenadier Guards and the royal household cavalry.
From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2014
The brigade of household cavalry under Lord Somerset was on the immediate right of the road, and on the left of it was Ponsonby's brigade.
From The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo by Creasy, Edward Shepherd, Sir
While I was in Siam I was the guest one day of the officers' mess of the crack regiment of the household cavalry.
From Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)
When it is dark, I will myself accompany you, with my household cavalry, until you are miles away.
From At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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