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The Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (The Blues) (RHG) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. Raised in August 1650 at Newcastle upon Tyne and County Durham by Sir Arthur Haselrigge on the orders of Oliver Cromwell as a Regiment of Horse , the regiment became the Earl of Oxford's Regiment in 1660 ...
Fondato nell'agosto del 1650 a Newcastle-upon-Tyne da Arthur Haselrig su ordine di Oliver Cromwell come Regiment of Cuirassiers, il reggimento divenne in seguito noto come Earl of Oxford's Regiment (reggimento del conte di Oxford) durante il regno di Carlo II d'Inghilterra.
Horse Guards è un edificio storico nella City of Westminster, a Londra, tra Whitehall e la Horse Guards Parade. Fu costruito a metà del XVIII secolo, in sostituzione di un precedente edificio, utilizzato come caserma e scuderia per la Household Cavalry, divenendo in seguito un importante quartier generale militare.
Horse Guards is the official main entrance to both St James's Palace and Buckingham Palace (a tradition that stems from the time when the Mall was closed at both ends); however, sentries have been posted there since the Stuart Restoration, when the Palace of Whitehall was the main royal residence.
The Household Cavalry (HCAV) is a corps of the Household Division, made up of the two most senior regiments of the British Army, The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons).
The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) (RHG/D) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. The Colonel of the Regiment is Anne, Princess Royal. It is the second-most senior regiment in the British Army.
I Blues and Royals sono il secondo reggimento attivo dell' esercito britannico dopo le Life Guards nell' ordine di precedenza dell'esercito britannico. Esistono solo dal 1969, quando due reggimenti di cavalleria con una lunga tradizione, vale a dire i Royal Horse Guards, chiamati anche "The Blues", e i Royal Dragoons ("The Royals ...
