PARIS, April 8 — French and British troops today will swap roles to take part in the changing of the guards ceremonies outside the palaces of the other country’s head of state,...
Members of the British Army’s Band of the Grenadier Guards are reflected in a puddle as they take part in a rehearsal for a special Changing of the Guard ceremony, at Wellington Barracks in London on April 5, 2024. — AFP picPARIS, April 8 — French and British troops today will swap roles to take part in the changing of the guards ceremonies outside the palaces of the other country’s head of state, in an unprecedented move to celebrate 120 years since the Entente Cordiale .
They said it was key at a time when Nato is mobilised to ensure Ukraine does not lose its fight to repel the Russian invasion.“Britain and France, two founding members and Europe’s nuclear powers, have a responsibility in driving the alliance to deal with the challenges before it,” the diplomats wrote in The Telegraph.
The French army choir will then sing the two national anthems — God Save the King and La Marseillaise. It will be watched by the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh — Prince Edward and his wife Sophie — accompanied by the UK chief of the general staff, General Patrick Sanders, and French chief of the army staff Pierre Schill.
While the accord is often used as shorthand to describe the Franco-British relationship, ties have been bedevilled by tensions in recent years particularly after Brexit.
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