Editing Trooping the Colour (section)

=== Foot guards march past in slow and quick time ===
[[Image:March Past in Slow Time.jpg|thumb|right|Footguards march past in Slow Time at the Colonel's Review in 2008.]]
No. 1 Guard – the Escort – leads the six companies for two circuits of Horse Guards Parade, saluting the King as they pass. The corners of the field are negotiated with the complex Left Form manoeuvre. Commands of "Change direction – left!" are then followed by the Left Guide (or Right Guide) of each Guard signalling "Right Sir!" to the Captain that the company has reached the position, the Captain will immediately orders "Left...Form!"<ref>See video of "Left Form" at {{cite web| url=http://www.trooping-the-colour.co.uk/trooping/marchpast.htm|title=The March Past of the Footguards|access-date=14 June 2010}}</ref>

At the end of both the slow and quick march-past, the Field Officer rides out to salute the King with his sword, telling him that His Majesty's Guards have ended their march-past.

====Slow march-past====
Neutral slow marches start and conclude this section as the Massed Bands march into the centre of the field to take their places. The guards are preceded past the saluting base by the [[Field Officer in Brigade Waiting|Field Officer]] and the [[Second-in-Command|Major of the Parade]], who salute the King with their swords and eyes right.

To the strains of their regimental slow marches, each of Nos. 1-6 Guards passes before the King with their eyes right, their regimental officers saluting with swords. The leading company, No. 1 Guard – the Escort to the Colour – has a particular honour. The Ensign lowers the colour – the 'flourish'. The King acknowledges it with a bow of the head, and the [[Royal Colonels]] salute the colour. Once past the saluting base, the colour is raised again – the 'recover' – and "eyes front" is ordered.

Each company's salute is acknowledged by the King and the Royal Colonels.

====Quick march-past====
For this circuit, the colour is at the rear of the Escort (No. 1 Guard), protected by the Colour Party. Their regimental quick marches are played as each guard passes before the King with eyes right.{{efn|group=note|When the Scots or Irish Guards troop their colours, the regimental pipers move to the front of the massed bands for the march past in quick time. If there are pipers present when another regiment troops, then the pipers remain at the rear of the massed band.}} However, this being a quick march, the officers do not salute with swords, but only with the eyes right instead. As with the slow march-past, neutral marches start and conclude this section, and the Colour is marched on past the saluting base as the King and Queen and Royal Colonels salute it.

The massed bands, led by the Corps of Drums and the pipes and drums, march away to allow the mounted bands on to the ground. By then, the foot guards have ended their march, and are now back in place and dressed.