he public. Only one color can be trooped at a time. The five regiments - Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards - take their turn year by year.military ceremony dates back to the early eighteenth century or earlier, when the colors (flags) of the battalion were carried (or «trooped» ;) down the ranks so that they could be seen and recognised by the soldiers. Since 1748, this parade has also marked the Sovereign «s official birthday. From the reign of Edward VII onwards, the Sovereign has taken the salute in person at Trooping the Color. During the ceremony, The Queen is greeted by a Royal salute and carries out an inspection of the troops.the massed bands have performed a musical »troop«, the escorted Regimental Colour is carried down the ranks. The Foot Guards and the Household Cavalry then march past Her Majesty, and The King »s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, rank past. The Queen rides in a carriage back to Buckingham Palace at the head of her Guards, before taking the salute at the Palace from a dais. The troops then return to barracks. Her Majesty then joins other members of the Royal Family on the palace balcony for a fly-past by the Royal Air Force.
The Remembrance Day ceremony is held on the second Sunday in November at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, and is popularly known as Poppy Day as on that day people wear an artificial poppy in memory of those who fell in two world wars. Through this annual event, the nation pays homage to those who died in World War I and World War II and in many other lesser conflicts from the twentieth century to the present.
The Queen, other members of the Royal Family and leaders of the country «s political parties join representatives of the Armed Forces and ex-servicemen and women for the two-minute silence and the last post., Her Majesty lays a wreath of poppies on a monument called The Cenotaph, followed by members of the Royal Family, representatives of the political parties and High Commissioners from the Commonwealth. Then? At exactly 11 o clock, there is two minutes silence.short religious service follows. After the reveille and the national anthem, The Queen departs. The war veterans then march past the Cenotaph to pay their respects to the fallen. A member of the Royal Family takes the salute as the war veterans finish their route at Horse Guards. Every year at Easter the Queen presents special »Maundy money« to local pensioners (to a group of old people) at Westminster Abbey or in one of the other cathedrals in the country. The presentation takes place on Maundy Thursday in recognition of the service of elderly people to their community and their church.Thursday commemorates the day of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles. The word »Maundy« comes from the command or »mandatum« by Christ at the Last Supper, to love one another. The tradition of the Sovereign giving money to the poor dates from the thirteenth century. The Sovereign also used to give food and clothing, and even washed the recipients » feet. That part of tradition stopped in 1574, and the last monarch to do so was James II.selection is coordinated by the diocese (regional Church of England authority) hosting Royal Maundy that year. Since the fifteenth century, the number of Maundy coins handed out, and the number of people receiving the coins, has been related to the Sovereign s age; in 2011, there were 85 male and 85...
