Changing of the Guard Buckingham Palace
Guards wearing red coats & bearskin hats perform a traditional ceremony featuring bands & marching. The traditional ceremony of the old guard changing with the new. Changing of the Guard is one of the oldest and most recognisable ceremonies connected with Buckingham Palace. The correct name of the ceremony known as Changing of the Guard is actually Guard Mounting. In this process a New Guard exchanges duty with the Old Guard and both Guards are drawn from one of the regiments of Foot Guards.
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