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Best of Defence Imagery 2020
Image of troops paying a socially distanced tribute to Her Majesty on her official Birthday at Windsor Castle. The 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, turned out in the Quadrangle accompanied by a reduced Massed Band of the Household Division today (13/06/2020).
Ordinarily, Guardsmen would be shoulder-to-shoulder, enabling them to maintain dressing' or staying in line with one another, but in keeping with government COVID-19 guidelines on social distancing, each Guardsman was tasked with standing 2.2m apart, measured by three turns of the pace stick.
Soldiers were chosen due to the fact they are either living in the Windsor area, on duty at the Castle, or based in Barracks nearby, so limiting the amount of travel required.
The special ceremony for Her Majesty was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Henry Llewelyn-Usher. Music included many stirring Welsh favourites and was conducted by Lieutenant Colonel Simon Haw. An event of this nature has not happened in Windsor for the Sovereign's birthday since 1895, and today the Household Division demonstrated new ceremonial drill moves that have been developed in order to deliver the ceremonial standards for which they are recognised around the world while conforming to strict social distancing guidelines. Immediately following the ceremony, the Windsor Castle Guard returned to the guardroom to resume their guard duty.
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