Happy and Glorious.......
/…..and long to reign over us!
The Trooping of the Colour was as wonderful spectacle as ever, it’s the type of event that Britain does best - be still my patriotic beating heart! It was a day to surpass all others as the start of four days of Platinum Jubilee celebrations, piqued by the anticipation of was HM The Queen going to be waving from the palace balcony or not.
Through dint of good preparation and good luck I secured myself a space on The Mall, perched on top of a bollard that, at the most exciting moments, would give me access to a lamp post to cling on to whilst balancing on tip toe on my bollard. My selfie attempt whilst maintaining position was not good - this was going to be a memories of the mind, not on the phone experience.
Sorry there aren’t any pictures of the military march pasts or of the Royal Family - so lovely to see all three children together and evidently enjoying themselves - but that would have required an acrobatic feat well beyond my capabilities.
Athletics however were another matter, once the police gave the nod, I hurdled the barriers and found a wonderful spot in the middle of The Mall for my first views of the truly magnificent Royal Standard flying atop of Buckingham Palace and of course the eagerly anticipated flypast.
