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FEATURES:
Embark on a fabulous 3-hour tour of one of Europe’s finest cities!
You will be chauffeured in style as you see London’s many wonderful sights.
This tour includes:
Trafalgar Square, Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, Kensington Palace, Oxford Street, Regents Park and the Zoo, Madame Tussauds, The British Museum, Fleet Street, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Piccadilly Circus, the Bank of England, Whitehall, Parliament Square with the House of Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey, London Bridge, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London.
And if you book a morning tour, you can stop and see the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace.
The Changing of the Guard takes place in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace at around 11am. The St. James' Palace detachment of the Queen's Guard, led usually by the Corps of Drums, and bearing the Colour (if the Queen is in residence, then this will be the Queen's Colour; if she is not, then it is the Regimental Colour), marches along the Mall to Buckingham Palace, where the Buckingham Palace detachment has formed up to await their arrival. These two detachments are the Old Guard. Meanwhile the New Guard is forming up and are awaiting inspection by the Adjutant on the parade square at Wellington Barracks. The Band, having been inspected by the Adjutant, forms a circle to play music whilst the New Guard is inspected.
The Guard provides a full Military Band consisting of no fewer than 35 musicians (usually, though not always, from one of the Guards regiments) accompanied by their Director of Music. When the New Guard is formed up, led by the Band, it marches across into the forecourt of Buckingham Palace. Once there, the New Guard advances towards the Old Guard in slow time and halts. The Old Guard presents arms, followed by the New Guard presenting arms. The Captains of the Guards march towards each other for the handing over of the Palace keys. The new reliefs are marched to the guardrooms of Buckingham Palace and St James' Palace where new sentries are posted.