For those of us in Commonwealth countries, today is Boxing Day but for many other countries this day have other names like St Stephen’s Day is the feast day for Saint Stephen the first Christian martyr. The feast day is mentioned in the traditional Christmas carol “Good King Wenceslas”, when the good king braved the…
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Changing The Guard
One of the most iconic symbols of Britain is the Queen’s Guard, expression-less soldiers standing sentry outside Buckingham Palace and other Royal palaces around Britain. Their red coats and tall bearskin hats acts as beacons of centuries old tradition, Changing the Queens’s Life Guard. Crowds gather in central London around The Mall, Victoria Monument and…