The Life Guards - Four O’Clock Parade - 21 April 2015

The Queen’s Life Guard is found on alternate days by each of the Household Cavalry Regiments, The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals, at Horse Guards on Whitehall. The Queen’s Life Guard is on this day found by The Life Guards. A Short Guard comprising two Non-Commissioned Officers, on this day two Corporals of Horse (rank equivalent to Sergeant) plus ten Troopers, is mounted when The Queen is not resident in London. A Long Guard comprising an Officer, Corporal Major, two Non-Commissioned Officers, a Trumpeter and ten Troopers is mounted when The Queen is resident in London. With a Short Guard, the Orderly (Duty) Officer inspects the Guard at 16:00, known as the Four O’Clock Parade. With a Long Guard, the Captain of Queen’s Life Guard undertakes the inspection. The first Royal Court in London was on the site of the current Houses of Parliament, still known as the Palace of Westminster. At that time the area was rural with the walled City of London ending near where St Paul’s Cathedral stands today, almost