Queen's birthday celebrations
The Queen celebrates her 86th birthday with a 41 gun salute in Hyde Park in London
The King's Troop
The cavalry unit at the centre of the Queen's birthday celebrations is The King's Troop - a mounted, ceremonial unit forming part of the Household Troops. Here are some facts about it:
-Comprised of seven officers, 164 soldiers and 111 trained horses
-Received its title from King George VI in 1947
-Is the last horse artillery unit in the British Army
-Teams of six horses pull six First World War-era 13-pound field gun
-Six soldiers from the unit are currently serving in Afghanistan
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