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Furry mascot in attendance at final Trooping the Colour practice

A mascot named Seamus and a symphony of music accompanied the Irish Guards as they prepared to mark the Queen’s official birthday. They were taking part in the final rehearsal before Trooping the Colour on June 2, which is known as The Brigade ...

19 May 2022 at 19:40

Kate wears emerald green outfit to celebrate St Patrick’s Day with Irish Guards

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge celebrated St Patrick’s Day with the Irish Guards, but it was an officer’s young daughter who stole the show with her antics. Kate was fittingly dressed in an emerald green outfit for the couple’s visit to ...

17 Mar 2022 at 15:25

Six Irish Guards soldiers arrested over drugs and money laundering offences

Six Irish Guards soldiers and a Coldstream Guardsman veteran have been arrested on suspicion of drugs and money laundering offences, the Ministry of Defence has said. The Daily Mirror reports the suspects were detained on Wednesday during ...

27 May 2022 at 01:10

Seamus the Irish wolfhound ‘stealing the show’ at Trooping the Colour

Seamus, an Irish wolfhound and the Irish Guards’ regimental mascot, has sparked praise on social media for his role in Thursday’s Trooping the Colour. He was trained with the Royal Army Veterinary Corps, and is officially named Turlough ...

02 Jun 2022 at 20:36

Trooping the Colour ceremony harks back to days of old

Trooping the Colour is a spectacle popular with tourists and a social event for military families, but it is a ceremony steeped in the practical necessities of warfare. On Horse Guards Parade, the site where King Henry VIII once ...

02 Jun 2022 at 03:45

Second Battalion Irish Guards reactivated after 75 years

An Army battalion that played a key role in both world wars has been reactivated in a bid to “counter threats to worldwide peace”. The Second Battalion Irish Guards, which was disbanded 75 years ago, will see new soldiers hone ...

02 Sept 2022 at 16:18

William and Kate to celebrate St Patrick’s Day with Irish Guards

The Prince and Princess of Wales will celebrate St Patrick’s Day with the Irish Guards later on Friday. William, outgoing Colonel of the Irish Guards, will be joined by Kate, incoming Colonel, at the St Patrick’s Day Parade ...

17 Mar 2023 at 06:45

Kate hails Irish Guards’ ‘glorious sense of humour’ on St Patrick’s Day visit

The Prince and Princess of Wales have celebrated St Patrick’s Day alongside the Irish Guards, with Kate hailing their “boundless, irreverent, glorious sense of humour”. William, who said he was “incredibly sad” to be ...

17 Mar 2023 at 17:00

Kate takes part in casualty drill amid snow and freezing temperatures

The Princess of Wales braved freezing temperatures and snow to help administer first aid to a wounded soldier as part of an exercise on Salisbury Plain. In the drill, members of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards were ...

08 Mar 2023 at 16:50

Irish Guards cheer for absent Princess of Wales at St Patrick’s Day parade

The Irish Guards gave three cheers for their absent colonel, the Princess of Wales, during a St Patrick’s Day parade at Mons Barracks in Hampshire. On Sunday, 250 Irish Guardsmen marched onto the Parade Square at ...

17 Mar 2024 at 16:02

Irish Wolfhound mascot Seamus leads Irish Guards in St Patrick’s Day parade

The Irish Guards have marched at Mons Barracks in a St Patrick’s Day parade led by their mascot – a three-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Seamus. On Sunday, 250 Irish Guardsmen gathered at the barracks in ...

17 Mar 2024 at 14:22

Peta threatens MoD with legal action in row over King’s Guards’ bearskin caps

Animal rights lobby group Peta has threatened the Ministry of Defence (MoD) with legal action in a row over replacing the King’s Guards’ bearskin caps with a faux fur alternative. It claims the MoD has ...

28 Oct 2022 at 15:05

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