Trooping The Colour stories:
Pomp and pageantry at Trooping the Colour
Jun 13th, 2009 - Telegraph
With many people dressed in top hat and tails, it was an afternoon of pomp, pageantry and well-practised precision marching played out in glorious sunshine. Steeped in centuries of tradition...
Queen watches birthday spectacle
Jun 13th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
This year's Colour is that of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards The Queen has celebrated her 83rd official birthday with the Trooping the Colour parade in central London. In brilliant sunshine...
Royal Family at Trooping the Colour
Jun 13th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
The Queen is celebrating her official birthday with the Trooping the Colour parade. More than 1,100 soldiers will take part in the traditional display of pomp and pageantry.
Royal security breaches
May 24th, 2009 - BBC NEWS
Fathers 4 Justice sparked an alert at Buckingham Palace in 2004 Buckingham Palace has suspended a chauffeur who allegedly gave undercover reporters access to sensitive areas of the building.
Buckingham Palace: previous security breaches
May 24th, 2009 - Telegraph
This is not the first time security has been breached at the palace. :: The most serious breach came in March 1982 when Michael Fagan broke into the Queen's bedroom at the palace...
Trooping The Colour videos from YouTube:
2:37Trooping the Colour
At the Queen's Birthday Parade in the Spring of each year, the colour is ceremoniously trooped through the ranks of the assembled Foot Guard unit. But first the band must complete the famous "spin wheel" to change its direction of march ...
4:05Trooping the Colour 2006
The Massed Bands on Horseguards for Trooping the Colour 2006. The close up of the Side Drummer stick lifting is me! The Massed Bands are playing "Les Huguenots" for the Slow Troop. ... (more)
6:12Trooping the Colour Flypast 2008
Trooping the Colour Flypast 2008
7:49Trooping the Colour
This video features the Foot Guards and Household Cavalry as well as the Queen and other royals. The custom of Trooping the Colour dates back to the time of Charles II in the 17th. Century ...
Trooping The Colour from WikiPedia:
Trooping the Colour is a ceremony performed by regiments of the Commonwealth and the British Army. It has been a tradition of British infantry regiments since the 17th century, although the roots go back much earlier. On battlefields, a regiment's colours, or flags, were used as rallying points. Consequently, regiments would have their ensigns slowly march with their colours between the soldiers' ranks to enable soldiers to recognise their regiments' colours.
Since 1748 Trooping the Colour has also marked the official birthday of the British Sovereign. It is held in London annually on the second Saturday in June.
A regiment's colours embody its spirit and service, as well as its fallen soldiers. The loss of a colour, or the capture of an enemy colour, were respectively considered the greatest shame, or the greatest glory on a battlefield. Consequently, regimental colours are venerated by officers and soldiers of all ranks, second only to the sovereign.
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