King's Guard

Today we ventured towards Buckingham Palace for a view of the King's Guard.

We didn't see the changing of the guard at the entrance to the palace as crowds were huge. However we had been pre warned of the crowds, so instead we went to Wellington Barracks just next door and watched the new Guards forming up and being inspected prior to their short march to the palace to conduct the changing of the guard ceremony.

We arrived at the exact right time and had a front row view of the whole process.
We saw the guards, the cavalry and the band. It was a great sight. By the time the inspection was complete and the guards were marching off to Buckingham Palace the crowds behind us were four deep.

Afterwards we wandered through St James park, getting caught in a rain shower, and got up close to Buckingham Palace.Read more