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Arrival of the RHA

            Beginning their charge across the park is one of the six detachments of the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery. Arriving to fire a 41 Gun Salute to honour Queen Elizabeth II's 86th Birthday.

The salute is fired from 6 World-War 1 era Ordnance QF 13-Pounder Field Guns. The basic Royal salute is 21 rounds. In Hyde Park an extra 20 rounds are added because it is a Royal Park. 

The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery was founded in 1947 by King George VI. On her accession, Queen Elizabeth II, kept its name to honour her father. It is a ceremonial mounted unit of the British Army and the Household Division. Its duties include the firing of gun salutes on royal anniversaries and state occasions, and providing a gun carriage and team of black horses for state and military funerals. Members of The Troop also operate as fighting soldiers, deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan as HGV drivers who deliver ammunition to artillery units around the battlefield.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / London / Hyde Park (show map)

Taken on: April 21, 2012

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Sets appears in: • King's Troop RHA 21-04-2012

Camera: Canon EOS 400D, f/5.6, 1/400 sec, 300mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 400D
Lens:	70.0-300.0 mm
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	300mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows
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