This evening, HM The Queen hosts a gala banquet on the occasion of HRH The Crown Prince’s 50th birthday. In connection with the gala banquet, the Crown Prince Couple will ride in the barouche from Frederik VIII’s Palace, Amalienborg, to Christiansborg Palace. The departure from Amalienborg will be at 19.30. See the route HERE.

The Crown Prince Couple ride in a barouche from the Royal Mews. The carriage was produced by court carriage manufacturer Joseph Neuss by Karl Trutz in Berlin, Germany, and was delivered to Frederik VIII’s Royal Mews in 1906. Among other things, the barouche was used at the Crown Prince Couple’s wedding on 14 May 2004 and for then-successor to the throne Princess Margrethe and Prince Henrik’s wedding on 10 June 1967. The barouche is driven à la d'Aumont, which means that there is no driver sitting on the coach; however, riders sit on the horses to the left. The riders control the horses to the right as led horses.

The Royal Mews has 13 horses, four of which are harnessed to the carriage. Two outriders ride in front of the team of four. The dappled horses are of the Kladruber race from the Czech Republic. Kladrubers have been bred for drawing carriages or coaches since the middle the 1500s.

The barouche is escorted by the Guard Hussar Regiment’s Mounted Squadron, which is a special military unit with the primary duty of providing mounted escorts and commando squads in service of The Sovereign in connection with official events. The squadron’s history, traditions and uniforms date back to the Hussar Regiment that King Frederik V established in 1762. During royal escorts, the Guard Hussars wear full dress uniforms inspired by a Hungarian cavalry uniform.