Trooper Lee Holland of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) stands with his horse Goliath at Hyde Park Barracks on March 28, 2012 in London, England. The HCMR are preparing for ceremonial duties during celebrations to mark HM Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee in June 2012. The mounted regiment will provide a Sovereign's Escort from Parliament to Buckingham Palace. This will involve 116 men and horses riding before and after the carriage carrying the Sovereign. In addition, the State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry will be playing fanfares in St. Paul's Cathedral during the Jubilee Service and the double mounted band (53 musicians and horses) of the Household Cavalry will be marching the processional route in advance of the Escort. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Farrier, Corporal of Horse, Chris McCabe of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR), makes sparks as he prepares a horse shoe at Hyde Park Barracks on March 28, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A farrier attaches a horse shoe still hot from the furnace at The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) at Hyde Park Barracks on March 28, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Trooper Aaron Wilson of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) polishes one of his riding boots at Hyde Park Barracks on March 28, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Trooper Gary Shaw of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) sews a Napoleonic eagle badge to a Blues and Royals tunic in the Tailor Shop at Hyde Park Barracks on March 28, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

A locker belonging to a trooper of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) is shown to reporters at Hyde Park Barracks on March 28, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Riding boots dry out in the cleaning room after receiving a coating of hot wax at The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) in Hyde Park Barracks on March 28, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Trooper Marc Goodwin of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) lifts a saddle down from the wall in the tack room at Hyde Park Barracks on March 28, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Lance Corporal of Horse Jeffrey Brown (L) polishes his ceremonial breast plate, known as a Cuirass, as his colleague Trooper Edward Spencer polishes one of his riding boots at The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) at Hyde Park Barracks on March 28, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Trooper Matthew Vass (R) fits Trooper Bradley Corbett of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) with a Blues and Royals tunic in the Tailor Shop at Hyde Park Barracks on March 28, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

An officer (C) inspects The State Trumpeters of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) during parade at Hyde Park Barracks on March 28, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Parade inspection of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) takes place at Hyde Park Barracks on March 28, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

Horses of The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) return to barracks after training in Hyde Park on March 28, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)