Traditional

We love birthdays and we love parties – and they do not come much bigger than this weekend’s extravaganza to celebrate the ‘official’ birthday of HRH Queen Elizabeth II.   This Saturday, ‘Trooping the Colour’ will take place and is a colourful spectacular worth of royalty!   The ceremony derives from two old military ceremonies, Trooping the Colour and Mounting The Queen’s Guard. The origin of the ceremony goes back to the early eighteenth century, and possibly even earlier, when the guards and sentries for the Royal Palaces and other... Read More