Live coverage from Horse Guards Parade, London, as Her Majesty the Queen takes the salute to mark the occasion of her official birthday. Eric Robson describes the scene as over 1,000 guardsmen and officers of the Household
Division parade by their Sovereign and Colonel-in-Chief in this ceremonial review.
Her Majesty is accompanied by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh,
Colonel Grenadier Guards; HRH the Prince of Wales, Colonel Welsh Guards; HRH the Duke of Kent, Colonel Scots Guards; HRH the Grand Duke of Luxembourg,
Colonel Irish Guards. The Queen's Colour of the 1st Battalion Welsh
Guards, in this their 75th anniversary year, is being trooped. The parade, acknowledged as the most complex and spectacular military event of the year, is in five parts: Inspection of the Line - the eight Guards and Sovereign's
Escort of the Household Cavalry are inspected by the Queen; The
Troop - by the Massed Bands and Corps of Drums of the Guards Division; Trooping the Colour - through the ranks; March Past - by the Guards Division in slow and quick time; and March Past - by the Household Cavalry at the walk and at the trot.
Music played by the Massed
Mounted Bands of the Household
Cavalry and the Massed Bands of the Guards Division. Director Stephen Morris
Executive producer Ian Smith (Highlights at 7.45pm on BBC2)