Changes To The Guard
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter— Copyright) LONDON, Dec. 3.
They are changing the guard at Buckingham Palace —and tightening it. The British War Office today announced that the Royal Guards are to be given different sentry positions to increase security at tite London home of the Queen. Also the night sentries will wear forage caps instead of the traditional but cumbersome bearskins. The reason: comfort. A War Office spokesman said the changes were designed to link the sentries more closely with other security arrangements. The last change—in 1959 was to station the sentries inside the railings around the Palace instead of outside. This followed persistent trouble with tourists culminating in one incident when a sentry kicked an American who touched his bearskin.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29998, 6 December 1962, Page 14
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