[10] In 2003, exceptionally, the regiment was tasked at short notice to provide additional armed security at Heathrow Airport, in response to a specific threat.

[12] The squadron led the brigade main body into Iraq before conducting a wide range of tasks, including around the Rumalayah oil fields.

[13] In a separate incident, Lieutenant Alex Tweedie and Lance Corporal Karl Shearer died when their Scimitar over-turned into an irrigation canal.

[22] The Household Cavalry Regiment's task is to provide timely and accurate information and intelligence to the Brigade Commander in order to enable decision-making.

To fulfil this function, the Household Cavalry Regiment conducts surveillance and reconnaissance activities, mounted or dismounted, in all weathers by day or night.

The Household Cavalry Regiment is under the command of 1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team, based at Tidworth Camp in Wiltshire.