Did you have a cool day for the event? I seem to remember a documentary that featured the pensioners and it mentioned that a very warm day tended to take a toll on some of those who weren't quite up to it...them being in the distinctive and somewhat heavy uniforms and all.

It is very impressive...perhaps one of the things that's different when you have a monarch is that events like this can't be considered political like they can be in the States.

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AA