tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post3054639918623584923..comments2023-11-03T07:23:30.909-05:00Comments on The Monarchist 2.0: First Muslim Battalion Guards the QueenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-21579067660489849892008-05-24T17:31:00.000-05:002008-05-24T17:31:00.000-05:00The Australian Army uses nickel plated SLRs for ce...The Australian Army uses nickel plated SLRs for ceremonial drill!<BR/>I presume this dervies from the fact <BR/>a) they have abandoned 'normal' rifle drill in favour of having the in-service weapon slung on parade, and<BR/>b) they realise this looks stupid!<BR/><BR/>So they now have specific 'ceremonial' drill and weapons!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-8695969607281163822008-05-22T01:40:00.000-05:002008-05-22T01:40:00.000-05:00A fitting service. I am amused by their weapons, ...A fitting service. I am amused by their weapons, however. Nickel-plated M-16s? Very strange.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16293781636265029035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-53064714016617721202008-05-21T19:14:00.000-05:002008-05-21T19:14:00.000-05:00Did they frisk them for bombs first?Did they frisk them for bombs first?David Byershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16964387756766124214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-36414665684771690232008-05-20T19:04:00.000-05:002008-05-20T19:04:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.David Byershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16964387756766124214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-30812042778158503762008-05-20T02:27:00.000-05:002008-05-20T02:27:00.000-05:00Only two comments of the expected type, so far. Ha...Only two comments of the expected type, so far. Had thought there might have been more. Good. <BR/><BR/>What, pray, is PC in having a unit as Queen's Guard from a country that save for British intervention would not exist at all?<BR/>What is PC in them paying their respects and being accorded due respect in London?<BR/>What is PC in a contingent that represents a shared history – irrespective of race or creed – and whose drill, insignia and band instrumentation are most evidently British in style (leaving asisde the dreadful sousaphones for the moment?<BR/><BR/>The Malysians are not the first guardians of Buckingham Palace with a non Home Counties Anglo-Catholic High Church background – among their forerunners was the Pakistan coronation contingent of 1953 (when Pakistan was a realm but decidedly and avowedly en route to a republic). <BR/><BR/>There are certainly governmental agendas behind such exercises in "multicultural" symbolism (and there IS a lively debate about the pros and cons in the Malaysian wing of the blogosphere). But notwithstanding all that it is simply good for attention to the wider Commonwealth. As such and in that context this slight whiff of the Durbars of the past should be welcome.Stauffenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06914523916853945539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-91338505417945813042008-05-19T15:27:00.000-05:002008-05-19T15:27:00.000-05:00What a PC move.What a PC move.Premodern Blokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341688338690161075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-73346563550928597902008-05-17T15:49:00.000-05:002008-05-17T15:49:00.000-05:00The Islamic Republik of BritainThe Islamic Republik of BritainAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-80217787366087598362008-05-17T11:30:00.000-05:002008-05-17T11:30:00.000-05:00In answer to Lachlan, according to the "Queen's Gu...In answer to Lachlan, according to the "Queen's Guard" entry in the English Wikipedia, the most recent Australian troops performing public duties in London were as follows: 1st Bn Royal Australian Regiment in 1988; The Australian Federation Guard in 2000 (augmented by the Band of the Royal Military College, Duntroon).Stauffenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06914523916853945539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-76709395845392762962008-05-17T01:00:00.000-05:002008-05-17T01:00:00.000-05:00this would definitely have been a great site to se...this would definitely have been a great site to see.<BR/><BR/>does anybody know where i could get infomation an the Australian troops to guarded Her Majesty?Lachlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366417025657653166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3390382704873671828.post-43260127509758146182008-05-16T20:46:00.000-05:002008-05-16T20:46:00.000-05:00I was surprised by this. I thought that guarding t...I was surprised by this. I thought that guarding the Queen was a privilege only granted to units loyal to the Queen (i.e. from countries where she reigns as Queen)Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05321133627941151860noreply@blogger.com