Blues and Royals

The Blues and Royals
(Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)
The Blues and Royals; (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)
	Badge of the regiment
Active	29 March 1969–present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Horse guards
Role	Armoured reconnaissance and ceremonial
Size	Regiment
Part of	Household Cavalry
Garrison/HQ	RHQ – London; Regiment – Windsor/London
Motto(s)	Honi soit qui mal y pense; (Middle French for "Shame on anyone who thinks evil of it")
March	Quick – "Quick March of the Blues and Royals"; Slow – "Slow March of the Blues and Royals"; Trot Past – "Keel Row"
Engagements	Falklands War Mount Kent Skirmish; ;
Battle honours	Pre-First World War:; Tangier 1662–1680; Dettingen; Warburg; Beaumont; Willems; Fuentes d'Onor; Peninsula; Waterloo; Balaclava; Sevastopol; Tel el Kebir; Egypt 1882; Relief of Ladysmith; South Africa 1899–1902; First World War:; Mons; Le Cateau; Retreat from Mons; Marne 1914; Aisne 1914; Messines 1914; Armentières 1914; Ypres 1914; Langemarck 1914; Gheluvelt; Nonne Bosschen; St Julien; Ypres 1915; Frezenberg, Loos; Arras 1917; Scarpe 1917; Ypres 1917; Broodseinde; Poelcappelle; Passchendaele; Somme 1918; St Quentin; Avre; Amiens; Hindenburg Line, Beaurevoir; Cambrai 1918, Sambre; Pursuit to Mons; France and Flanders 1914–18; Second World War:; Mont Pincon; Souleuvre; Noireau Crossing; Amiens 1944; Brussels; Neerpelt; Nederrijn; Lingen; Veghel; Nijmegen; Rhine; Bentheim; North-West Europe 1944–1945; Baghdad 1941; Iraq 1941; Palmyra; Syria 1941; Msus; Gazala; Knightsbridge; Defence of Alamein Line; El Alamein; El Agheila; Advance on Tripoli; North Africa 1941–43; Sicily 1943; Arezzo; Advance to Florence; Gothic Line; Italy 1943–44; Post-Second World War; Falkland Islands 1982; Iraq 2003;
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	Charles III
Colonel of; the Regiment	Anne, Princess Royal
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash
Arm Badge	Waterloo Eagle; (from 1st The Royal Dragoons)
Abbreviation	RHG/D

The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) (RHG/D) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. The Colonel of the Regiment is Anne, Princess Royal. It is the second-most senior regiment in the British Army.

^ "Honi soit qui mal y pense - French expressions analyzed and explained". About Education. About.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2017.

[1] "Honi soit qui mal y pense - French expressions analyzed and explained". About Education. About.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2017.

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