It might not be the Trooping we want, but it's the Trooping we're going to get. “There will be a small, brief military ceremony at Windsor Castle to mark The Queen’s official birthday,” a palace spokesperson has said. The Daily Mail reports that there will be a smaller than usual division of the Welsh Guards… Continue reading Trooping The Colour
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Brit Brief Open Post – Trooping the Colour
Today is the Queen's Birthday!!! Ok, well not actually...that's back in April. Today is her "official birthday" which includes a parade called the Trooping the Colour. For newbies to the royal scene, this tradition goes all the way back to George II, when he combined the annual summer military march with his birthday parade (he… Continue reading Brit Brief Open Post – Trooping the Colour