we have seen one, the yeomen of the guard, in the royal gallery, but here we have the royal bodyguardhis father, henry vii, founded the yeomen, and the gentleman at arms we re yeomen, and the gentleman at arms were founded by henry viii, so very much back to tudor times. now that the gentlemen have come into the royal gallery, we can take a look at the staircase and see the dismounted detachment, because i want to pick out the gentleman, the troop on the left, because you will see on his right sleeve a bit of a tell—tale horseshoe, and this is because he is a farrier, and i wanted to say a word about craik ashurst, farrier lance corporal, who served for over a decade in the armed forces, retrained a few years ago as a farrier, and it's just retrained a few years ago as a farrier, and it'sjust a nice feature of the uniform, the horseshoe, denoting the fact that he is one of the farriers for the household cavalry regiment. it is a pa rt household cavalry regiment. it is a part of just household cavalry regiment. it is a part ofjust a group of the detachment today, the red plumes and the

will both then begin the formal procession through this magnificent room, which is called the royal gallery. this is next door to the house of lords. it is between the robing room and the house of lords. it will be full of diplomatic and military guests already gathered there, invited specially to see the