Trooping the Colour 2010: A quiet Sunday morning on Horse Guards Parade, about two hours before the start of the parade. The big building is the Old Admiralty Building, with stands for the expected spectators in front. At the bottom of the photo the saltuting dais from which Her Majesty will watch the parade.. Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London SW1, Greater London, United Kingdom, on 12 June 2010 at 09:16, image #1

Trooping the Colour 2010: A female Constable of the London Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is guarding a reserved seating area, the signpost reads 'Reserved Seating Area for the Commanding Officer Headquarters London District'.. Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London SW1, Greater London, United Kingdom, on 12 June 2010 at 10:11, image #3

Trooping the Colour 2010: 'March On' - the run-up to the parade. A guardsman of the Grenadier Guards' ('marker') bearing a 'marker flag' that will be used to mark the position of his company on the parade ground.. Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London SW1, Greater London, United Kingdom, on 12 June 2010 at 10:18, image #6

Trooping the Colour 2010: W D G 'Billy' Mott, OBE, is Warrant Officer Class 1 (WO1) of the Welsh Guards of the British Army, and Garrison Sergeant Major (GSM) of Headquarters London District. He joined the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards in April 1979, and has served with the Battalion in Belize, Canada, Cyprus, France, Germany, Kenya, and the USA. He completed operational tours of Northern Ireland and served in the Falklands during the 1982 conflict. GSM Mott has been a military instructor at the Welsh Guards depot as a Lance Sergeant, and at Sandhurst, the Royal Military Academy, where he was a Colour Sergeant, Company Sergeant Major, and Regimental Sergeant Major. He was appointed GSM at Headquarters Northern Ireland before his present appointment as GSM Headquarters London District. He has been a GSM at 'Trooping the Colour' since 2003. He was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) by the Queen in 2007.. Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London SW1, Greater London, United Kingdom, on 12 June 2010 at 10:21, image #7

Trooping the Colour 2010: Musicians of the Welsh Guards Band getting ready for the start of the parade. They have taken position at the south side of the parade ground. Behind them, spectators in the inner line of sentries, to their left, with blue plumes in their bearskins, members of the Irish Guards Band.. Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London SW1, Greater London, United Kingdom, on 12 June 2010 at 10:22, image #8

Trooping the Colour 2010: Drum Major Ben Roberts, Coldstream Guards, leading the Band of the Coldstream Guards, past the Guards Memorial on Horse Guards Road, onto the parade ground.. Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London SW1, Greater London, United Kingdom, on 12 June 2010 at 10:24, image #9

Trooping the Colour 2010: Drum Major Ben Roberts, Coldstream Guards, leading the Band of the Coldstream Guards onto Horse Guards Parade. In the background specators watching fro, St. James's Park.. Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London SW1, Greater London, United Kingdom, on 12 June 2010 at 10:24, image #10

Trooping the Colour 2010: Most spectators have taken the stands for the parade. On the right Horse Guards Building, ahead the Old Admiralty Building.. Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London SW1, Greater London, United Kingdom, on 12 June 2010 at 10:26, image #11

Trooping the Colour 2010: Drum Major of the Grenadier Guards leading the Band of the Scots Guards onto Horse Guards Parade. In the background St. James's Park.. Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London SW1, Greater London, United Kingdom, on 12 June 2010 at 10:27, image #12

Trooping the Colour 2010: Guardsmen of No. 4 Guard, Nijmegen Company, Grenadier Guards, with their Captain, in front of St. James's Park on the western side of the parade ground.. Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London SW1, Greater London, United Kingdom, on 12 June 2010 at 10:28, image #13

Trooping the Colour 2010: Drum Major of the Grenadier Guards leading the Band of the Grenadier Guards onto Horse Guards Parade. In the background St. James's Park.. Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London SW1, Greater London, United Kingdom, on 12 June 2010 at 10:31, image #14

Trooping the Colour 2010: Thirty minutes before the start of the parade. The Band of the Grenadier Guards is led onto the parade ground by their Drum Major. In the background spectators watching from St. James's Park, on the western side of Horse Guards Parade.. Horse Guards Parade, Westminster, London SW1, Greater London, United Kingdom, on 12 June 2010 at 10:31, image #15