Part 1 - 360th Trooping the Colour 2011 - British Regiments feat. the Scots Guards, Pipes and Drums

360 years of Trooping the Colour - Queen's Birthday Parade. Since King Charles II's reign, the Sovereign has taken the salute in person. British troops pay tribute to the Sovereign with pomp and majesty.


Trooping the Colour is a ceremony performed by regiments of the British and the Commonwealth armies. It has been a tradition of British infantry regiments since the 17th century, although the roots go back much earlier. On battlefields, a regiment's colours, or flags, were used as rallying points. Consequently, regiments would have their ensigns slowly march with their colours between the soldiers' ranks to enable soldiers to recognise their regiments' colours.

It is held in London annually on the second Saturday in June on Horse Guards Parade by St. James's Park, and coincides with the publication of the Birthday Honours List. Among the audience are the Royal Family, invited guests, ticket holders and the general public.

The colorful ceremony, also known as "The Queen's Birthday Parade", is broadcast live by the BBC.

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[BritainiaNumberOne]

This year (2011), the First Battalion Scots Guards provides the Escort to the Colour.

It is the first time since 1988 that all Regiments of the Household Division are represented: The Scots Guards, Welsh Guards, Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards and Irish Guards, the Household Cavalry, and the London Regiment.

in 2012, the First Battalion Coldstream Guards will provide the Escort to the Colour. It is also a special event marking HRH Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.

Hip Hip Hurray!

[53veerpass]

We sleep well here in the States knowing we have the U.K. as an old and trusted ally.

[TheRomanRuler]

@grooverheliboy okey

[grooverheliboy]

@Talbot6832 We will still slap you and your country silly..come on if you are hard enough !!

[grooverheliboy]

@TheRomanRuler They undertake exactly the sme training and carry out the same duties as all other soldiers..

[TheRomanRuler]

Do these Guards got better training than (british) elite army troops?

[MultiRonnie1234]

soo proud of my dad that my father was piper in scots guards ;)

[Delta5FlyD]

@Talbot6832 I've met the lads of the Pipes and Drums of the 1st Battalion, the men in this video, and spoke with Cpl. Monkhouse who for his bravery was awarded the military cross. Being Scottish seeing the Scots Guards troop their Colour gives me immense pride, a sense of pride no other regiment of Foot Guards comes close to providing.

[Talbot6832]

@MinisterAilingTongue Britain's Empire was lost in 1947. The days of small countries like Britain punching 200x above their weight were over.

[Talbot6832]

@Delta5FlyD Bollocks, the Coldstream Guards are.

[MinisterAilingTongue]

What's all the yelling about?

[MinisterAilingTongue]

@53veerpass Too bad Eisenhower castrated them during the Suez operation...