Picture shows Captain Richard Chambers (right), Riding Master of The Household Cavalry training The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Hyde Park, London. 22/05/2012.<br />
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In the run up to the Jubilee, The Queen has invited the Canadian Mounties to act as her personal body guard.<br />
Re-enacting a gesture made by her father King George VI in 1936, The Queen has seen fit to celebrate the Commonwealth by inviting the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to&nbsp;take part in British ceremonial this summer.<br />
A strong relationship between the Royal Family and the Mounties was forged in 1904 when The Queen's grandfather, King Edward VII, granted the Canadian Mounted Police the prefix 'Royal' in recognition of the Force's many services to Canada and the Empire.<br />
On Wednesday 23 May, fifteen men and horses from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police will ride down the Mall for the 11 o'clock Changing of the Queen&rsquo;s Life Guard ceremony with the Household Cavalry.<br />
After special training by members of the Household Cavalry riding staff, the Mounties will be performing the centuries&rsquo; old tradition for real on Wednesday and Friday next week. <br />
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Picture by Trooper Mark Larner, RY.