The pictures below are not of the best quality as I took them standing in front of the screen of the large PC, they are also a bonus as normally I can’t get BBC TV live pictures; I logged on to the normal BBC News page and clicked the button and the live feed came on ! The ceremony marked the 85th birthday of the Sovereign and came a day after the Duke of Edinburgh’s 90th birthday. The colour trooped this year was that of the 1st Battalion Scots Guards; the ceremony which unfolded was symbolic affair Centuries ago, the colour or flag was a rallying point in battle. The Queen stood side by side with Duke as she took the Royal salute as the ceremonial flag was paraded past her followed by Guardsmen in both slow and quick time whilst the Massed Bands played. Then the two Regiments of the Household Mounted Cavalry rode pass at the trot led by the only two animals in the British Army to have a rank, Major, the drum horses ! The music is very impressive as each Regiment has its own tunes for the different marches ie. Scots Guards,Welsh Guards,Irish Guards,Grenadier Guards and the Coldsteam Guards which are all distinguished by the button formations on their Red Tunics.
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