Editing Trooping the Colour (section)

===Inspection of the line===
[[Image:Trooping the Colour Inspection.JPG|thumb|250px|The Queen inspects the foot guards, the Royal Colonels following her. Foreground: backs of No. 6 Guard. Background: garden of 10 Downing Street and massed bands.]]  
The King then rides off from the saluting base before and behind the long line of assembled guards, with the Royal Colonels following.  [[BBC]] television commentaries every year emphasise the King's knowledge of the attributes of his guards, and single out "steadiness" as a highly prized quality for a guardsman.

The accompanying marches always carry a flavour of the regiment whose colour is being trooped on the day, lending the royal inspection a unique atmosphere. For example, if the Welsh Guards are trooping their colour, the music will include their traditional regimental march, ''[[Men of Harlech]]''. While the King passes the six companies of foot guards on his left, a slow march or [[Air (music)|air]] is played. Once the [[phaeton (carriage)|phaeton]] turns around the rear of No. 6 Guard, the music changes to a quick march. The King travels back up the line, passing the Household Cavalry and King's Troop stationed on his right, saluting the Sovereign's Standard of the Household Cavalry and the lead gun of the King's Troop in quick succession acknowledging their presence on the field. The inspection completed, the music ceases, and he is conveyed back to the saluting base.