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Changing the Guard
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Copyright: Pepito Grillo (kanzoo)
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| Genre: Lieux |
| Média: Couleur |
| Date de prise de vue: 2004-11-27 |
| Catégories: Cérémonies |
| Appareil photographique: Minolta Dimage Z3 |
| Exposition: f/4.5, 1/200 secondes |
| Versions: version originale |
| Date de soumission: 2004-12-02 6:26 |
| Vue: 725 |
| Points: 4 |
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| [Ligne directrice - Note] Note du photographe |
The proper name of the ceremony known as 'Changing the Guard' is actually Guard Mounting. In this - one of the oldest and most familiar of all royal ceremonies - a New Guard exchanges duty with the Old Guard, drawn from one of the regiments of Foot Guards. The handover is accompanied by a Guards band. The music played ranges from traditional military marches to songs from the shows and even familiar pop songs.
Since 1660, Household Troops have guarded the Sovereign and the Royal Palaces. Until 1689, the Sovereign lived mainly at the Palace of Whitehall and was guarded there by Household Cavalry. They still mount guard at Horse Guards Arch today, although occasionally units such as The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, take over to enable the Household Cavalry to carry out their operational commitments.
In 1689, the court moved to St James's Palace, which was guarded by the Foot Guards. When Queen Victoria moved into Buckingham Palace in 1837, the Queen's Guard remained at St James's Palace, with a detachment guarding Buckingham Palace, as it still does today. When The Queen is in residence, there are four sentries at the front of the building; when she is away there are two.
The Queen's Guard usually consists of Foot Guards in full-dress uniform of red tunics and bearskins; if they have operational commitments, other infantry units such as the Brigade of Gurkhas take part instead. Units from Commonwealth realms occasionally take turn in Guard Mounting. In May 1998, Canadian soldiers from Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry mounted Guard at Buckingham Palace for the first time since the Coronation in 1953. In March 2001 The Royal Gibraltar Regiment took part in the Changing the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace, alongside the Scots Guards. It was the first time the Royal Gibraltar Regiment had carried out guard duty at the Palace. |
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- ags84 (100)
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awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hola Pepito,
Me gusta esta vista "close-up" de la ceremonia famosa. Como lograste a acercarte a las guardias? Muy bien visto :)
Whitney
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