It is now nearly 50 years since a book about the history of all the Guards regiments has been published. There have of course been regimental histories and coffee-table books, but nothing about the seven regiments as part of a single and unique part of the British Army: the Household Division. Septum juncta in uno (seven joined in one) is the Guards’ motto, invoking a sense of unity while also recognising that these regiments (The Life Guards, The Blues and Royals, Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, and Irish Guards) are different.
Our story begins in 1969, as a sequel to , which follows the long history of the Guards from their formation in the 17th century. 1969 was a good place to start, since it represents an anchor to a previous era. Many of
