Trooping the Colour

I just love seeing so many beautiful horses.

Watching the highlights now - brilliant !! The discipline and accuracy of those young men is to be commended especially when they can hardly see under those bearskins .
I am not bothered by the colour of their skin in the same way as I am not bothered by the colour of doctors I meet.

According the to Office of National Statistics: The White ethnic group accounted for 86.0 per cent of the usual resident population in 2011
Seems like the ONS and Lenny are in agreement.

14%? That seems rather a high proportion for the UK as a whole...

One of the musicians was saying she had been taught to ride in the army.
Guards officers maybe more public school than other regiments? They were certainly all very pink.
In the UK pop, according to St Lenny Henry just now on R4, proportion of ethnic minorities is over 14%.
9% in the forces. excluding Ghurkas.
www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2009/mar/01/military-race

What are the other demographic proportions like in the guards? Do class and money give applicants an edge? Riding ability for horse regiments might vary with the background of the recruit.

They do I think in other regiments, but the Guards are a special case. Maybe they are put off applying?

Do you think that is on purpose JessM? Maybe other colours don't apply to join the Forces.

Extraordinary!
They still are 99% white aren't they those guards. i was vehemently disagreed with on GN when I observed this a couple of years ago so just switched on to check. Not much has changed. Look now if you don't believe me!

Waiting for the highlights tonight as an alternative to dam footie.