Some of the most disciplined, battle hardened and finest soldiers on the planet. Makes me proud!

You have to bare in mind that these are all serving soldiers and have done more than their fair share of square bashing, and of course they are incredibly disciplined. We may not be pledging allegiance to the flag every day or hanging the union flag everywhere, but this always makes me proud. ✌️♥️🇬🇧

This makes me increfibly proud to be British they're just immaculate 🇬🇧👑🇬🇧 RIP Your Majesty 💙

I am ex British soldier served in Afghanistan and Iraq.. I was a tank soldier I had so much respect for guards men.. what you got to rember is how professional these soldiers are at this role.. imagine this co ordination n battle.. I been seen it so proud of GB

This makes my heart swell with pride and so proud to be British

Kinda refreshing that this military ceremony is a display of pageantry, discipline and color, rather than a parade of goosestepping soldiers escorting Nuclear missiles.

The correct name for the headwear is a Bearskin. Thanks for your interest and respect,JT! From a proud British Army Veteran.🇬🇧

As a British Army veteran, 26 years service, thank you for taking the time and respecting just one of the many traditions of the British Army; that have been passed down through the centuries, some dating back to the 17th century. Love him or loathe him,the British Army, today, owes its existence to Oliver Cromwell, and his New Model Army. The majority of armies around world adopted Cromwell's template, including the US Army.

The ceremony of Trooping the Colour is believed to have been performed first during the reign of King Charles II (1660 - 1685). In 1748, it was decided that this parade would be used to mark the official birthday of the Sovereign and it became an annual event after George III became King in 1760.

Trooping the Colour was (I understand) originally performed to show the troops the Regimental Colours (the flag), so that they would recognise it, and gather round it, in the chaos of battle. It goes back a long way, when hand-to-hand fighting was the norm. I've been to see it a few times when I was young - don't remember any sneezes, but saw several soldiers faint on a particularly scorching hot day.

I'm so pleased these boys are on our side. If there's a job to be done they don't mess about. All us brits should be so proud of them. Thank you.

My little brother was in the Welsh guards and they drill this constantly before the big day. The guards are highly trained and are absolute legends. By the time they get there its pure muscle memory

Growing up the chap that lived opposite my house was a retired Regimental Sargeant Major in the Grenadier Guards after his wife had died, I was invited to watch the Troop with him. Mr Bradley would bark orders at the TV and we would stand for the Queen and the National Anthem, they were happy days because he would explain what was going on. I always have an appreciation of watching today.

I started marching age 17 when I joined up to the Royal Naval Reserves. We would sometimes tick tock ( left or arm and left leg together etc and have to skip to get back in time) when first learning. The Trooping the colour, honours each regiment one every year,shown by their colours..(flag). I have marched in front of the Queen and saluted her. It's such an amazing adrenaline rush when marching in perfect unison.

One thing I have found many reviewers from other countries do not understand - we do not have a 'show army/navy/airforce' - when you see our ceremonials, whatever the military branch, every person is a serving member - including bandsmen/women! During basic training, in all branches, you learn precision marching - it is part of discipline and team building and once learnt never forgotten - I learnt back in the mid 1960s when I served in the Women's Royal Air Force and until I became disabled 10 years ago, I could still do it! All branches of British military include women, including the Marines and all areas are open to them. Also, you only get medals for active service which is why our military show fewer than US service personnel who get them for other things😎

As impressive as this is, you should see the old ones after WW2 when our army was millions strong and there were four times as many of these hard bastards on the field. The Guards regiments are very old, very respected and they don't fuck around when it's time to fight.

So glad you enjoyed our fantastic trooping of the colour🇬🇧👍❤

Always have goosebumps watching trooping the colour, my dad was a guard and stood outside Buckingham palace. So proud.

The trooping of the colour is also carried out in Ottawa, Canada by the Governor Generals Guard and is equally impressive.

This year's ceremony ( 2022 ) is well worth watching. It was the Irish Guards "turn" to lead things and the music was particularly wonderful. I'm not sure if most British people understand why we Americans are so in awe of this kind of thing....they are so fortunate to have such amazing traditions and ceremonies and I hope they never lose them. It's always fun watching these things thru your eyes, JT. I really hope you get the 5k views on this one!

In 1991 my regiment the Royal Hampshire Regiment did a parade in Portsmouth, Hampshire in the presence of Princess Diana, our Colonel in Chief at the time. It went off to perfection. Two months of solid drill in readiness. Not bad for a line infantry regiment that had recently returned from 2 years of operations in Northern Ireland. One of my proudest moments of 9 years of service.

I’m ex Army myself, I wasn’t in the guards but I have done big parades before (as most people in the Army will do at some point). Drill is something you learn from very early on in training and do throughout your time serving no matter which part of the Army you’re joining because it teaches discipline, uniformity and teamwork. For a parade of this size 6 weeks does sound like a reasonable time for rehearsals, everyone who completes phase one training does what’s called a “passing out parade” and depending where you do your training it can be from 100-800+ people doing the parade. For me personally there was around 800 people on mine whereas my brother only had around 100 people. I’ve probably just waffled a load of shit there but I hope it helps give you some reference for how they’re so in sync and disciplined Edit: forgot to add that practice for my passing out parade of around 800 people was only around a week

I remember the first time I watched this on the TV and it was the time someone fired 5 rounds of blanks at the Queen. My mum didn't believe me until she saw it on the news. She was amazing how she kept control and carried on. Legend.

Had the chance to work on the support staff for the 2022 parade, it was an absolutely phenomenal experience, especially as it was a jubilee year, which meant everyone put in even more effort than usual. Usually the rehersals for this will start about 6-7 months before the actual day and steadily ramp up in intensify, even right up till the day before to ensure everything is, in a word, perfect.

Discipline and drill are the keys to precision. It is a point of honour to perform this duty flawlessly. If there is an itch, forget it. They are trained to deal with a sneeze or a cough and their discipline gets them through it.

This is great but no one ever seems to react to the mounted troops who are right there in the background waiting their turn. The Kings Troop pulling working WW1 artillery and the Household Cavalry with their mounted band lead by 2 heavy horses carrying a drummer playing solid silver kettle drums while controlling a huge horse with his/her feet. Worth watching!

A veteran’s daughter and wife here. My father served 28 years and my husband 23. They are always moving you just can’t see it. They’re wiggling their toes and slightly rocking backwards and forwards to keep their circulation going. Also in hot weather they also put an ice pack underneath their Bearskin (the big hat they’re wearing)

Makes me proud to be British the time and effort they put to be the best proud of you all our forces keep the amazing work 💪💪

Appreciate your respect and curiosity JT. I’m an Australian and joined the Scots Guards when I was 18, back in 1979/1980. I never Trooped the Colour, but 3months of square bashing at the Guard’s Depot in Pirbright, west of London is etched in my memory. The imposed discipline was pretty severe through an 18 year olds eyes but as I’ve got older I can see it’s purpose, how it is imposed, and it’s benefit. The attention to detail in drill, applied also on the battlefield gives you a better chance of staying alive. A number of the officers I trained with served in the Battle of Mt Tumbledown during the Falklands conflict. I remember Alistair Mitchell well. KZfaq him for an account of the Battle of Mt Tumbledown … fascinating. War … very ugly.

The custom of Trooping the Colour dates back to the time of Charles II in the 17th. Century when the Colours of a regiment were used as a rallying point in battle and were therefore trooped in front of the soldiers every day to make sure that every man could recognise those of his own regiment. In London, the Foot Guards used to do this as part of their daily Guard Mounting on Horse Guards and the ceremonial of the modern Trooping the Colour parade is along similar lines. The first traceable mention of The Sovereign's Birthday being 'kept' by the Grenadier Guards is in 1748 and again, after George III became King in 1760, it was ordered that parades should mark the King's Birthday. From the accession of George IV they became, with a few exceptions and notably the two World Wars, an annual event.

While this has become ceremonial, and symbolic of being honoured by the ruler to carry one of their own flags, the 'Trooping' of the colour is literally to show to all soldiers in the regiment the flag that they should seek out and rally to that 'colour' in a battle. Once a colour, literally red, green, blue, white, etc. would be a distinction between regiments (you can see among the bandsmen that they wear a plume or 'hackle' on their hats to show which regiment they are), more recently it became a regimental colour, which carries the Royal Sigil on it, as well as a number of 'battle honours' won by the regiment in the past (the horizontal gold patches around the flag). If a regiment is disbanded, a 'colour' may be 'put up', which means it is placed in a local church until it is needed again. Many small churches have one or more colours in them. This tradition is ancient: watch a film like 'Gladiator' and you will see a 'signifer' carrying a gold animal carving on a pole with the name 'FELIX' (lucky) below it.

It always makes me laugh when a American criticises how we spell words these said words were being spelt this way long before America was discovered 😂😂😂👍👍

I become the bass drummer for the QRH (Queens Royal Hussars). I'd never played a drum in my life and I had 2 weeks to practice before preforming in the 2010 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

I will never regret swearing allegiance to the Queen, even after my spine damage. I will all ways miss her

It’s unbelievable how quiet it is in the background, when you consider the fact that they are right in the centre of London! This makes me so proud to be British. 🇬🇧❤️

It was an important ceremony. The regimental flag, or Colour, was paraded in front of the men so they would recognize it on the battlefield. 18th and 19th century battles could he a confused melee and recognising your flag out of the many flying could be the difference between life and death for you, and victory and defeat for your side.

Absolutely nobody does pomp and ceremony like us Brits. Long may it continue.

They make me so proud to be part of the Commonwealth.

I remember one year when the guard on horseback was shouting at the troops and his horse's mouth was opening and closing and it was so funny cause it looked like it was the horse shouting.

I absolutely loved your reaction! I laughed at all the times you were totally bemused, that this is our ceremony, huge, elaborate, wonderful, and you loved it - good for you! Really enjoyed this visit with you. Thanks for coming!

My grandfather was invited to tea parties at Buck Palace because he was an old soldier from WW2 he also marched on the Lords Mayor Parade, he looked like an old film star, so proud of him long since passed

Every soldier in the British Army learns foot drill as part of their basic 28 week training, for all branches apart from the Guards drill isnt a major preoccupation, but for the Guard Brigade for those that are on ceremonial duties in London Drill is a daily training session You might enjot the seriers BBC did a few years ago called "Guarding the Queen"

I absolutely love how much you like learning about my country. The fact that you take so much interest in our traditions & culture is really wonderful. It is so evident in your videos how much you enjoy learning about the UK. You’re well on your way to 100k, & I cannot wait to see what you’ll get as your tattoo!

I was in the Irish Guards for a number of years and I can remember being in the Escort to the Colour on the 11th of June 1988, and we started rehearsing from the end of March/beginning of April and we done a mini Trooping the Colour on the Parade square in Chelsea Barracks (before Tony Blair sold it to his currupt mates). The ceremony itself was to make sure that all troops in battle will recognise what their Regimental Colour, especially in the times like the Nepolanic Wars.

The band turning is called "The Pinwheel" and its closely guarded secret the Band of the Brigade of Guards keep to themselves!

I’m an ex grenadier guard from 1970, and the basic training for a 16yr old was 6 months, but what you’re seeing to get to that standard takes a good few years, basic marching can be learned in a few weeks, but that formation stuff a hell of a lot longer!

One of my nephews is a Queens Guard. The many hours, weeks and weeks, of practice that goes on before this beautiful, disciplined display is amazing! Makes you proud to be a Brit when you see this. Love watching your genuine, inquisitive and heart felt reactions in all of your posts JT! Hope you smash that 100K subs soon!

I served in the Coldstream Guards from 1964 until 1971. I was on operations in South Arabia & South Yemen & Mauritius. Then postings to Germany (West) & Northern Ireland. I took part in 2 Trooping's of the Colour, I was stationed in London during 1967/1968. The Guards Regiments are stationed there for Public Duties which consist of Guarding the Queen at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, St James's Palace also the Tower of London guarding the Crown Jewels & the Guard at the Bank of England. On top of that there were various ceremonial duties to attend like the State Opening Of Parliament.The Lord Mayor's Ceremony in the City of London. Combined with all that we were constantly training for operations anywhere in the world. In London the Guards Regiments prepare for the ceremonial season in April & this consists of drill. drill. drill & drill. This drill helps to maintain fitness level as the ceremonial duties are extremely tough to do & you must be very fit to do them. The actual preparation for Trooping the Colour is around 5 weeks. You do a rehearsal & than a Full dress rehearsal a week before. Then you hope that it doesn't rain on the day. On the morning of Trooping the Colour you're up at 5am to prepare. The Guardsmen who actually Troop the Colour go onto a 48 hour Guard Duty at the places mentioned before. Hope this clarifies the background for you & that you enjoy the ceremonies. The hats that you referred to are called Bearskins.

Every soldier in The British army begins to learn these drill maneuvers on day one of basic training. I have commanded a parade very similar to this for a course passing out parade, very scary stuff. You have to remember every command, every movement while not having a single clue what is happening behind you. The only info you get is from the sergeants behind you and that is mostly keeping you heading straight...soiled underwear inducing.

Have been part of a drill group in the RAF, we practised regularly, with extra just before a major 'turn-out', as we were there to honour the arrival at an airfield friendly foreign military officers and politicos. During the time of Prince Charles and Lady Diana's wedding, we did this several times a day for a couple of weeks, as RAF Northolt was suddenly the place everyone came to, from the US president to the King of Tonga.

Sticking something on a pole does go way back into ancient times. Even the Romans did it. It was so you could see where your comrades were gathering in the middle of a battle. If the standard bearer was killed the person next to them would pick it up. The battle was not lost until all the standards were down, either through death or lowered in defeat.

This Canadian has thoroughly enjoyed watching your reactions. I equally enjoy watching American military performances! Thank you for posting this.

I went to the Army Apprentices College at Arborfield in 1975, all of our CSM's, the RSM and a good percentage of the squad Sergeants were Brigade of Guards. We were 16 when we joined and after 2 years of service our drill was as good as any unit anywhere and better than most.

Hi JT if you haven’t already watched it have a look at Prince Philips funeral and all of the bands lining up at Windsor.. it’s truly amazing to watch and listen to. It’s those occasions that hit me deep in the patriotic feels.

The first trooping of the colour was performed for Charles II in 1670 something and then became a regular event at horse guards in 1805

In her younger days, the Queen would do the entire review on horseback! Leaving the Palace, riding to the review, standing still for an hour or so, and back to the palace - all on horseback, and sidesaddle!

The Guards are drilling to a higher standard from the moment they join. Their esprit de corps is also very high and their is general pride in being closely associated with the monarch. The Queen also takes a particular interest in the Guards and this all contributes to keeping morale high. The flip side is that, in times of war, the Guards are also at the tip of the spear and their discipline (traditionally) has helped to keep the rest of the army in check.

It always lasts a couple of hours, and the regiments might only get around 6 weeks rehearsal, depending on what else is going on and it'll end with the Queen and family going back to the balcony of Buckingham Palace for the flypast, we also have Remembrance Sunday the nearest Sunday to 11th November when the guns fell silent and peace declared, for that weekend we have something at The Royal Albert Hall and then at Whitehall on the Sunday

Try this one :) RAF Regiment at the 2011 Edinburgh Tatoo - silent drill. No orders are shouted.

The Queen used to ride side saddle and in the same uniform as the Guards as she is their Colonel in Chief her horse was called Burmize but when it retired she stopped rideing,my Youngest Son was so disappointed as he had just joined the Coldstream Guard's and it was his first Trooping the Colour.

This is not one band but 5, one for each of the regiments, the guys in gold at the front is for each of the bands with one of them taking the lead. At the back their are bagpipers from the Scots Guards and Irish Guards, some of the band have elaborate gold decoration on their uniform, they are not part of the band but the pipes and drums, they are part of the Regiment and have active rolls in the regiment. Band members come from the Royal corps of Army music and are assigned to regiments and can be moved to other regiments in their career.

The turn is called form, the order is given “Left form!”, the guy on the left turns and “Marks time” (stationary march), as you come beside the guy to your left you also mark time. Recruit training typically lasts 6-10 weeks, which includes drill (marching). Drill movements are done to a count - “one, tup three, one”, movement is only carried out on the “one”.

The turning of the band in sync is called 'The Pinwheel' and is the only maneuver in the British Army which is not written down anywhere - the instructions how to do it are handed down by word of mouth only.

'Wheeling' the inside Marcher (L or R)essentially marks time, the Far end of the line marches faster, every one else normal pace and start marking time in conjuction wiht the inside Marker when the reach the correct position until the Far Marker rolls into thier position and then everyone is off again

You need to watch the Royal navy field gun race videos. Seeing that live is amazing

Don't knock yourself JT. You'd be amazed at what you can do with the right training and practice.

I went to Staunton Military Academy for three years until i was disinvited to return in 1965. Anyway, at SMA (Staunton, Virginia) we drilled every day, after noon when academic classes were finished. Big parade on Sundays. We were pretty good at dress-right-dress. There was no physical abuse, ever. If you got in trouble, you might get swatted by a teenage xxxxx, but I never was violated, or even thought about it. But in the drilling me and my classmates became soldiers. I was 17. I'm a 'Nam vet,. !96th Inf., 3rd,82nd Artillery, Americal Division, in country June 1970 to May, 1971. Proud to be what I am.

The flags are known as regimental colours and were carried in battle. Every soldier in a regiment knew his regimental colours and knew to rally around them in the smoke and din.

Thank you for your respect to our troops

Just so that you know, a genuine guardsman's bearskin costs about $1500.00, and is made from pelts obtained from the annual cull of Canadian black bears.

I watch now and can't believe i served in the scots guards 2003 until 2008,trooped the colours in 2004 and it was hard,the amount off practice was ridiculous,the blisters on my feet were horrific lol....also it was an honor and im very proud to off served.

The people in gold you pointed to are the Drum Majors. They coordinate the band; they use the big stick, called a mace, to give signals. This is because if you're playing a drum or a tuba or whatever, you might not hear a word of command, like "HALT!". So the drum major gives signals with the mace so the band can see them. Normally a military band would have only one Drum Major, but an enormous massed band such as this one has multiple.

It was very important that the soldiery knew the 'colours' so they would know where their regiment was located on the battlefield. The Queen bestows the colours and so the soldiery needs to have it shown to them. In fairness, your US regiments do a nice parade too. Re the bearskin, my brother who was one of those guards said the bearskins are individual and destroyed after the wearer has done with it - end of service usually. There are not supposed to be any ex-Army bearskins available for sale. They are made from Canadian bear skin and are very heavy and warm. Stupid really as uniform goes. Back in the day monarchs liked their soldiers to be as tall as possible.

I remember my drill sessions on the square when I first joined and how bad we were, even being marched off to the guard house(jail)occasionally.We ended up practicing at night in our spare time with broom handles Eventually it just clicks and falls into place.

I love watching this every year on the TV I'm proud to be British.🇬🇧💂

Thank you for taking an interest in this it means a lot to us British people

you should check out the gun carriage race at the royal tournament, very exciting and brutal at the same time.

The drum majors wear the red uniforms identical to everyone else UNLESS the queen is present, in which case they wear the gold ?stat”uniforms - which is what you mistake for “women”, as they have a skirt like appearance

I was a Grenadier Guardsman, you do this A LOT from day 1, drill drill drill, by the time you pass out, you can do what those guys are doing on this video, the guards division does more drill and this is the amazing result.

It’s always impressive to watch well disciplined soldiers who are well trained do their thing. I’ve always loved watching the Trooping if the Colours for the queens official birthday celebration each year. Very proud to be British. I remember when Queen Elizabeth would actually take the salute while riding sidesaddle on her horse for the entire Trooping ceremony. As an aside the Bearskins as they are called have been worn by troops since the Napoleonic Wars. You should look up their history, it’s quite interesting and a little amusing.

the marching is interesting as it dates back to the time that the army had to fire in blocks and they had to act as one to get into postion , it was not just for parades .......

When the queen was younger, she sat through all this on horseback. Of course the horse was very well trained, but it's still not easy to keep a horse still for several hours.

I was on this parade, riding with the Household Cavalry, Lifeguards Squadron. We rehearse that speciifc parade for about 6-7 weeks but we continuously drilled all year in other ways, other parades and day to day guard duties.

Love that our attention was drawn to the medals of bravery that we otherwise would not notice 👍🏻💖 Didn't you remove the u in "colour" not us add it!?🤔☺️🇬🇧

Should check out the Queen's jubilee and the fly over ! You will love it , I could watch these all day long..

My son was in the Household Cavalry and took part in the Trooping of the colour, very proud dad!

The colours was a rallying point in battle. Defended to the death at all costs. All who served should know that. Wars have changed and Trooping the Colour is now ceremonial tradition. A sight to behold

Colour is pronounced exactly the same as color. The reason the US didn’t keep the u is because in the early days of the US, printing/writing services would charge by the letter and that led to some letters being deemed unnecessary and then dropped.

Hey JT It's all about the timing , the first movement is carried out.... 1 (say in your head 2, 3 ) second movement.... 1.......... The time never changes from your first Drill lesson to your last it is always 1, 2,3, 1. In training you are taught to call out the time as you carry out the movement, every time you are given a command .... Left turn, 1 you pivot your body on the heel and toe to the left,(this means your right foot is slightly behind the left) pauseof 2,3, the right knee is raised so the thigh is at a 90 degree angle to you body,then on the count of 1 the heel is driven down into place beside the left 1 2,3 1 all drill movements are carried out to this timing, after a while it just becomes second nature. re watch a couple of the movements and say along with the movement 1 2,3 1 and you will soon pick it up LOL!!!!!

4:45 what most civilians don’t appreciate is how heavy the rifle gets holding it in the same arm for so long.

I was there this year it was special because it was The Queens platinum Jubilee as well

As far as I no the British Army are the best in the world at doing these types of parades. And because of our history we have managed to get it down to a T (perfect)..And when you have the Queen watching you .you no your not going to be the one who muck's it up lol.

When you heading to the UK?

My father served with the Royal Irish for 26 years and I can tell you growing up an army brat were the best years of my life!

JT, it is important to note that these soldiers come from a Guards Regiment, of which there are only 5 in the British Army, The Grenadier Guards, The Coldstream Guards, The Scots Guards, The Irish Guards and the Welsh Guards. They are not only Ceremonial, they have all seen active service in many recent conflicts. That said, they do have a higher standard of Drill Ability, and their Uniforms, down to the shine on their boots is exceptional.

Firstly they are not hats they are bearskins as that is what they were originally made from. Trooping the colour is a centuries old tradition, now used to honour the Sovereigns birthday, originally it was used to show the troops the colours thus teaching them what they looked like as they were used as a rallying point in battle. Lastly the gentlemen in yellow are wearing a centuries old uniform for band or drum majors.

You should check out the Royal Tournament Field Gun Race matey.😉

Each infantry battalion in the British army has two colours which are presented to the regiment by the Sovereign or her representative. The Regimental colour (which is being trooped here) is unique to that Battalion, and the Queen’s colour (which is basically the Union Flag by design). The colours carry all the regiment’s battle honours and so in one respect they represent all of our fallen. On presentation, the colours are also ordained by the chaplain, and so for both reasons they are almost “holy” to the regiment and represent our history and traditions and our fallen. They were originally trooped so that in the days when they were carried in battle, the soldiers could recognise their own colour as a rallying point. For all of the above reasons they were fiercely defended in battle, and to lose your colours to the enemy was a great dishonour. They are carried on parade (and were carried in battle) by a young officer known as “the Ensign to the Colour”. In my regiment (and I believe all others) they are held in the officers mess and are locked away in a strongroom at night. It was one of the duty officer’s duties (which I did often) to hold the keys, to bring the colours out and place them on display in the mess in the morning, and to carefully wrap and lock them away in the strong room at night. The trooping the colour ceremony is still carried out regularly by all infantry regiments in the army (not just the Guards) to celebrate and remember these traditions, and young soldiers joining the infantry are still said to be “signing up to serve with the colours”.

Remember all these marching tactics are just for display now, but 200 years ago they were the difference between victory and defeat on a battlefield. A column that could turn all at once, as shown here, to face an oncoming enemy would save itself from being outflanked and destroyed. You had to have big masses of men because the muskets could only fire a few rounds a minute so you needed lots of soldiers firing in synch to inflict enough damage, and as you had so many in a group there was no point in camouflage; better to have brightly-coloured uniforms so it was easy to tell friend from foe in the 'fog of war' of all the gunpowder smoke.

The people in yellow are the drum majors. They lead the band. The gold uniforms they wear are State dress and are only worn on special occasions (i.e: Trooping the Colour, a birthday within the Royal Family, etc).