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The King's Army Annual Whitehall Parade, 25 January 2009 |
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Written by the Court Diarist
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 Part of the King's Army in Horseguards Avenue at the Annual Whitehall Parade (photo by Chris Miles)
Every year, on the last Sunday in January, the King's Army (the Royalist part of the English Civil War Society) is privileged to be allowed to commemorate the execution of King Charles I with a parade along the route taken by the king from the St James' Palace to his place of execution outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall.
The event takes place on Sunday, 25th January this year. The Army will assemble in The Mall in front of St James Palace from 11.00am. Starting at about 11.30am, the Army proceeds to march at a funeral pace along The Mall, across Horsguards Parade and, crossing over Whitehall into Horseguards Avenue, assembles for a short ceremony alongside the Banqueting House.
The parade returns to St James' Palace at a normal marching pace, with drums beating and colours flying, up Whitehall to Trafalgar Square, then through Admiralty Arch back along The Mall.
This colourful commemorative parade has been staged every January for more than 20 years and has become a popular feature in the annual events calendar of England's capital city. |
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