Buckingham Palace will be guarded by FRENCH 兵士s for the first time in history - all to 示す 120 years of friendly relations between Britain and 'the old enemy'
For the first time in history Buckingham Palace will be guarded by French 軍隊／機動隊s in a 演習 認可するd by King Charles to 示す 120 years of friendly relations.
In April of 1904 an 協定 known as the Entente Cordiale was decided between the 部隊d Kingdom and the French 共和国 that settled a number of 議論の的になる 事柄s and 改善するd Anglo-French relations.
To 示す this 周年記念日 French 軍隊／機動隊s will guard Buckingham Palace at Monday's Changing the Guard 儀式.
The forecourt of Buckingham Palace will see 32 French soliders from the 共和国の／共和党の Guard of the 国家の Gendarmerie join 40 Guardsmen from F Company Scots Guards to parade the grounds together.
A mock up of what it will look like to have Buckingham Palace be guarded by French 軍隊／機動隊s on Monday
For the first time in history Buckingham Palace will be guarded by French 軍隊／機動隊s in a 演習 認可するd by King Charles to 示す 120 years of friendly relations (Mock up image)
A 類似の guard change, …に出席するd by 大統領 Macron, will be held in Paris earlier that day.
Sixteen 兵士s from Number 7 Company Coldstream Guards will join 軍隊／機動隊s from 1er 連隊 de la Garde Republicaine to 供給する the 大統領の Guard outside the Elysee Palace, in what will be the first ever example of a foreign 明言する／公表する guarding the French 大統領の 住居.
On Friday, British and French 軍隊／機動隊s were seen rehearsing at the Wellington 兵舎 which is where they are staying whilst they are here.
The Wellington 兵舎 and 指名するd after the Duke of Wellington - the British 軍の leader who 敗北・負かすd Napoleon in the 戦う／戦い of Waterloo in 1815.
Some X 使用者s were apprehensive about the 儀式 with one 地位，任命するing: 'French 軍隊／機動隊s at Buckingham Palace. My instinctual 苦悩 levels rising.'
Another ガス／煙d: 'Disgraceful that this should be 許すd to happen, only British 軍隊／機動隊s should be 許すd, I thought we left the EU.'
But some had a more 肯定的な 返答 with one 令状ing: 'Please be sure we see this historic event'.
X 使用者s 表明する their thoughts over the news that French 軍隊／機動隊s with guard Buckingham Palace in the Changing the Guard 儀式 on Monday
To 示す the 120-year 周年記念日 of the Entente Cordiale French 軍隊／機動隊s will guard Buckingham Palace at Monday's Changing the Guard 儀式 (Mock up image)
騎兵大隊 長，指導者 Guillaume Dewilde, who is 主要な the French detachment during the Changing of the Guard, said: 'I am 極端に proud to have been asked to 株 this moment with our British friends.
'We are like siblings, and to celebrate this moment together is a symbol of the strength of the 関係 between our two countries.'
守備隊 Sergeant Major Andrew Stokes, who has been 責任がある 配達するing all 儀式の training, 追加するd: 'It is 決定的な for everyone in Nato to have a strong 関係.
'And this is an 適切な時期 to both celebrate the 120th 周年記念日 of the 調印 of the Entente Cordiale and also 論証する our の近くに relations with the French.
'Our first rehearsal went really 井戸／弁護士席 so we're not nervous at all.
'It will be a wonderful 祝賀 and an 適切な時期 for the public to 証言，証人／目撃する such a spectacle.'
Lt Col James Shaw, who has been 責任がある designing the 儀式, said: 'This is a 調印する of the strength of our relations. The French are some of our closest friends.
'And who knows when we might need each other?
'Practice has been 比較して straightforward. The French look 広大な／多数の／重要な and we're in a really good place for Monday.
'We're 最高の excited for this historic moment.'?
中尉／大尉／警部補 陸軍大佐 James Shaw, who has been 責任がある designing the 儀式, said: 'This is a 調印する of the strength of our relations. The French are some of our closest friends.
'And who knows when we might need each other?
'Practice has been 比較して straightforward. The French look 広大な／多数の／重要な and we're in a really good place for Monday.
'We' re 最高の excited for this historic moment.'
The 儀式, which will take place at 11am, will see the group of 兵士s 伝統的に relieved by a new detachment of 軍隊／機動隊s in 前線 of an audience of 40 VIPs.
They will be 検査／視察するd by the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, the UK 長，指導者 of General Staff (CGS), General Sir Patrick やすりを削る人／削る機械s, the French 長，指導者 of the Army Staff, General Pierre Schill, and the French 外交官／大使 to the UK Helene Duchene.
The Gendarmerie will be marched on and off the Buckingham Palace forecourt by the 禁止（する）d of the Grenadier Guards, who will also 成し遂げる both countries' 国家の 国家s and a programme of Anglo-French music.
While the Gendarmerie will 参加する in the 古代の 儀式, they will not take the place of their British 相当するものs in guarding the King. This 責任／義務 is only afforded to members of the British 武装した 軍隊s and 連邦／共和国 軍隊／機動隊s.
The 省 of Defence said the 外見 by French 職員／兵員 at Buckingham Palace forms part of a longer-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 programme of 共同の UK-French activity that celebrates the two nations' historic 軍の and 外交の 関係 in 2024.
This will 含む 軍の 冒険的な events, 参加 in each other's 空気／公表する shows, and major events in Normandy this June to 祝う／追悼する the heroic service of 連合した 退役軍人s who fought to 解放する フラン from Nazi 占領／職業.
The 省 Of Defence said these will serve to その上の 強化する the long-standing 軍の and 安全 共同 between Britain and フラン.
