Horse Guards mounted guard suspended for two weeks this August

Bad news for tourists hoping* to get bitten by the horses outside Horseguards Parade, as the Household Cavalry’s famous black horses are going on holiday.
Horse Guards minus the horses but not the guard – Christmas Day 2008 (c) ianVisits
The 18th-century stables next to Horseguards Parade are getting a substantial deep clean and other infrastructure-related works, and that means the horses have to decamp to another temporary home and get a break from biting tourists.
In a statement,