Household Cavalry troopers compete to be named best turned out soldier
Troopers in the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment assembled in the Parade Square at Hyde Park Barracks to take part in an annual event to find the best turned out soldier and horse.
The Princess Elizabeth Cup dates back to 1949 when the then-Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, proposed the idea for the Richmond Horse Show. It crowns the best turned out trooper from the two most senior regiments in the British Army.
The Life Guards and the Blues and Royals, locked in a rivalry stretching back to in 1660, each put forward six challengers to compete for eight places at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in May.
