This is a private website and NOT the official Irish Guards Website which is available here


Standing Vigil over the  much-loved Queen Mother

Funeral of The Queen Mum

The Colours of the Household Division.
The Bearer Party practice to make sure they know exactly what they are required to do on the day
The Bearer Party practice to make sure they know exactly what they are required to do on the day.

The Colours of the Household Division.

Irish Guards act as Bearer Party for HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Irish Guards act as Bearer Party for HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

The Colours of the Household Division.

Guardsmen from the Irish Guards carry the coffin of the Queen Mum, a Royal much loved within the Regiment.
Guardsmen from the Irish Guards carry the coffin of the Queen Mum, a Royal much loved within the Regiment.
The Colours of the Household Division.
The massed pipers of the British Army with The Pipers of the Irish Guards on the right.
The massed pipers of the British Army play as the Queen Mother makes her final journey to Westminster. The Pipers of the Irish Guards can be seen on the right of the picture.

The Colours of the Household Division.
HRH Queen Elizabeth beside her mother's catafalque
HRH Queen Elizabeth beside her mother's catafalque

The Colours of the Household Division.

Click on the Shamrock to see the Queen Mother at St Patrick's Day celebrations.
shamrock
Back to the top.