Tasks

The main task of the Cavalry Escort of Honour is to accompany the Golden Coach on Princes' Day. The unit trains for this task throughout the year, with the emphasis on the last few days before the big occasion.

Other appearances in the past have included the ceremonial entry of HM the Queen into The Hague after her inauguration in 1980, the marriage of HRH Princess Margriet and Mr. Pieter van Vollenhoven in 1967, the opening of the World Four-in-Hand Championships in 1976, 1982 and 1988, the opening of the World Equestrian Games in 1994, the marriage of HRH Prince Constantijn and Mrs. Laurentien Brinkhorst in 2001 and the marriage of HRH The Prince of Orange and Mrs. Máxima Zorreguieta in 2002. No royal event however is more memorable than a Royal Salute, which the Escort brought in 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2002.