I decided to take a long walk that morning, From the Tower Thistle Hotel I lived, which located beside the London Tower Bridge, to someplace as far as I could walk.
After three hours’ promenade, At the right time 10:40am, I arrived the Horse Guards Parade. Yes! I caught the moment of the Ceremony of Changing The Guard!

There is a changing of the guard by the Queens Life Guard from the Household Cavalry at Horse Guards Parade every morning at 11.00am(Sun 10:00am)

It’s said the Horse Guards Parade was the only routeway to Buckingham Palace until 1841. Maybe that’s the reason why there’s a daily ceremony here.

Ceremony Of Changing The Guard takes place on the parade ground when the new team of Horse Guards arrives from Hyde Park barracks and forms up on the south side and the old team forms up on the north side. If the new team carries with Royal Standards and trumpeters perform the Royal Salute, It means the Queen is in residence in London

Horse Guards Parade was a special place in London. Each June it holds probabaly the biggest ceremonial of the year in Britain, the Trooping the Colour ceremony for the Queen’s official birthday. It’s also the place where the beach volleyball competition is going to be held during the 2012 London Olympics.

For more information:
The Guide Of London’s Ceremony Of Changing The Guard
Ceremony Of Changing The Guard At Buckingham Palace, London

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