The Queen's ceremonial guards have been forced to cancel their annual Norfolk open day because of a date clash with a long-running agricultural show.
The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (HCMR) traditionally spends three summer weeks training at Bodney Camp, near Watton, with one day set aside for the public to visit and watch displays of horsemanship.
But this year the date fell on August 1, the same day scheduled for the Wayland Agricultural Show - a key date in Norfolk's farming calendar for more than a century.
The show drew an estimated 12,000 visitors last year - but without having to compete with another large attraction a few miles away. Its organising committee said logistical difficulties made it impossible for the two events to be held on the same day.
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