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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II accompanied by her husband Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, arrives to inspect the troops at London's Horse Guards before the annual Trooping the Colour parade marking her official birthday , Saturday June 11, 2005. Some 1,220 troops took part in the spectacular display of precision formation marching and horsemanship choreographed to military band music. The Colour being paraded on London's Horse Guards this year was the flag of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards. (AP Photo/ Andrew Parsons, Pool)