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An equerry is an officer of honour. Historically, it was a senior attendant with responsibilities for the horses of a person of rank. In contemporary use, it is a personal attendant, usually upon a so
Three mounted equerries in waiting at the Queen's Birthday Parade in 2018: Colonel Toby Browne (the Crown Equerry), Lieutenant Colonel Michael Vernon (an extra equerry), Major Nana Twumasi-Ankrah (Equerry in waiting).
Pallbearers at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022: Lt-Col Richards (bottom left), senior equerry since 1999, escorted the coffin on the right-hand side, followed by five former equerries and an extra equerry; out of shot, the junior equerry led a parallel group on the left-hand side.
The Royal Households of the United Kingdom are the collective departments that support members of the British royal family. The Royal Household supports the Sovereign. Other members of the royal famil
Members of the Royal Household of Elizabeth II walked ahead of the gun carriage at her state funeral, including her Private Secretary, the Master of the Household, Lord Steward, Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, Keeper of the Privy Purse, Director of the Royal Collection and Master of the Horse, along with her Palace Steward and Pages.