household cavalry

noun

1. (in Britain) cavalry units forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.

Example Sentences

Quaker, 15, was one of five Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment horses spooked when rubble was dropped through a plastic tunnel while they were on an exercise in Belgravia on 24 April last year.

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Lt Col Matt Woodward, commanding officer of the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, said what happened in April last year was unusual, because "the horses got lost".

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The Horse Trust is the permanent home for 32 former military horses, 26 of which have served with the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment.

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Household Cavalry horses Trojan, Tennyson, Vanquish and Vida have all returned to duty.

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One of the biggest problems has been finding a place to muster the Household Cavalry.

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