Painting by Matthew Cook

Held in honour of the Queen’s Official Birthday, like royal weddings and state openings of Parliament, it provides London with its finest hour. No moment in the entire season can equal the pageantry and tradition as the Queen rides in from the Mall escorted by the Household Cavalry and attended by a royal procession. With its massed bands and orderly ranks of polished boots marching in time to the music, the mounted guards on the way in exotic white-plumed helmets, vermilion tunics, white gauntlets and buckskin breeches - you won’t want to miss a thing. For the best place to plant your folding chair or shooting stick, just pick out a serial Royal Watcher from the crowd and stick to them like glue. They know all the best viewing spots and are easily recognisable - look for the sleeping bag, Union Jack and flask of tea!

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