This  is Blue, a 5 year old Irish Grey measuring 17 hands. He was from Triley Fields Equestrian Centre. Now he is called Alamein and belongs to The Queen’s Royal Hussars. Blue has also been featured on BBC News.

Members of The Queens Royal Hussars gave their latest four-legged recruit a royal welcome when he was presented in full regalia to the Duke of Edinburgh.

Alamein, the new ceremonial drum horse was put at immediate ease when he was introduced to the special guest after a St Patrick’s Day event in Germany. The five-year-old Irish Grey, who measures 17 hands, took pride of place at the Sennelager ceremony and proved an immediate hit with soldiers and their families.

The Duke of Edinburgh, who is Colonel-in-Chief of the QRH, presented sprigs of shamrock to 200 former soldiers from the regiment’s Old Comrades Association.

Maj Damian Briggs-Wilson said: I’m delighted with the way the day went and I take my hat off to all the guys who have grafted so hard to make this really come together. “We are a family regiment with a lot of history and, as such, we have a lot of old comrades who we like to bring together for a reunion.”

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