Jonathan Boff

A Guardsman’s life as not as glamorous as it might seem

Besides taking part in dangerous operational tours abroad, units of the Household Division keep up a gruelling schedule of ceremonial duties at home

A member of the Household Cavalry parades at the Major General’s Review in Hyde Park, 29 March 2012. [Getty Images] 
issue 27 January 2024
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  • Those Must Be the Guards: The Household Division in Peace and War, 1969-2023

    Paul de Zulueta and Simon Doughty

    Osprey, pp. 368, £30

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