Editing Trooping the Colour (section)

===Military bands===
[[File:Trooping the Colour.JPG|thumb|right|Musicians of the [[Foot Guards]] marching along [[The Mall, London|the Mall]], June 2012]]
With almost 400 musicians on the field, led by the Massed [[Bands of the Household Division (United Kingdom)|Bands of the Household Division]], the music forms an integral part of the day. The massed bands of the [[Foot Guards]] number over 200 musicians. Joining them, since 2014, is the [[Mounted Band of the Household Cavalry]]. The musicians of all these bands are all members of the [[Royal Corps of Army Music]]. There is also a [[Corps of Drums]] from several of the regiments and, on some occasions, [[pipe band]]s of the [[Scots Guards]] and [[Irish Guards]]. As per divisional tradition, the Corps of Drums and Pipe Bands form up behind the Massed Bands. As per Queen [[Elizabeth II]]'s request, during a Scots or Irish Guards troop, the Pipers would march to the front of the Massed Bands to play the regimental quick marches of the Scots and Irish Guards as their Guards march past in quick time.