Horse Guards Arch, Whitehall

The Queen's Household Cavalry is the mounted guard at the entrance to Horse Guards Arch, which is located east of St James's Park. Horse Guards Arch is the official main entrance to both St James's Palace and Buckingham Palace.

The Guard Changing Ceremony takes place takes place daily at 11am (10am on Sundays) and lasts about 30 minutes.

The mounted sentries (who change every hour) are on duty each day from 10am until 4pm, at which time there is a dismounted parade of the Guard.

There are two dismounted sentries on duty until the gates are shut at 8pm, when only one sentry is left on guard until 7am when the second sentry returns on duty.

The guards who guard the Queen and the Royal Palaces are all part of the Household Division.

The Household Division is made up of seven regiments of the British Army:

• two regiments of The Household Cavalry (The Life Guards and The Blues and Royals) and
• five regiments of Foot Guards

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