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Catch this today starting at 1030 on BBC1.
How some things have changed...
...while others never do:
How some things have changed...
BBC News 18 May 2012 said:...A tribute by the armed forces to the monarch during a Jubilee year is an established tradition, with similar events held for Queen Victoria and King George V in which the Royal Navy took centre stage as the largest service. The Queen reviewed each service at separate locations for her Silver Jubilee in 1977 and attended a tri-service event at Whale Island in Portsmouth for her Golden Jubilee in 2002.
The parade and muster in Windsor will be the first time all three services have visited the Queen for a dedicated event. The event will start at 11:00 BST with a flypast of RAF Typhoons over Windsor Castle. More than 2,500 personnel will then parade through the castle Quadrangle, heading down through the town before entering Home Park and mustering in a specially-built arena...
...while others never do:
BBC News 18 May 2012 said:..."We whip them into shape because sailors don't march, they go to sea. It's not alien to them, but they need a bit more practice than most to get it up to scratch," the navy's parade tutor, Chief Petty Officer David Artyshore, says...