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everyday life.

official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II is marked each year by a military parade and march-past, known as Trooping the Colour (Carrying of the Flag). The official name is “the Queen’s Birthday Parade”.

Dating back to Medieval London, this ceremony marks the beginning of a new session of Parliament and allows the Government to announce its program for that session. The ceremony features peers and bishops in traditional robes and a royal procession involving the State Coach. State openings usually take place in November, or soon after a General Election.

you can see guardsmen dressed in their bright red uniforms and bearskin hats. These guardsmen protect the Queen. Every day a new guard of thirty guardsmen marches to the palace and takes the place of the "old guard". This is known as the Changing of the Guards ceremony and it dates back to 1660.

most timeless ceremonies, dating back 700 years is the ceremony of the keys which takes place at the Tower of London. At 21:53 each night the Chief Yeoman Warder of the Tower, dressed in Tudor uniform, sets off to meet the Escort of the Key dressed in the well-known Beefeater uniform.

when some persons who have been awarded with any honour receive personally their awards from The Queen, The Prince of Wales or occasionally The Princess Royal.

The Swan Upping.

The ceremony of Swan Upping dates from the 12th Century when the ownership of all unmarked mute swans on certain stretches of the river Thames and its surrounding tributaries was claimed by the Crown in order to ensure an ample supply of meat for royal banquets and feasts.

recognize an Etonian by his uniform? In the late C18th the costume was described as consisting of “black cloaks or gowns, a square hat or cap”. , still recognisable today!

founded the Order of the Garter around the time of his claim to the French throne.

The Order of the Garter.

The Mantle and the hat of the Order.

The insignia of a knight of the Order of the Garter.

feet.

In England, the custom of washing feet by the Monarch was carried out until 1689.

Maundy coins are specially minted for the occasion and are legal tender and, as they are produced in such limited numbers, they are much sought after by collectors.

Elizabeth II was
crowned and was blessed here.

of Queen Elizabeth II .

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine Middleton took place on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London.

Diana were married in Saint
Paul’s Cathedral in 1981.

of the royal family and the rich and famous, but anyone is welcome to go.
Royal Ascot is a fashion show too! TV presenters love to comment on that everyone’s wearing, especially the ladies’ smart hats!