The Band of the Welsh Guards - The First ‘Sunday Parade’ - Sunday 30th March 2025

The Band of the Welsh Guards supporting the first ever 'Sunday Parade' at Buckingham Palace on Sunday 30th March 2025. This new ceremony is instead of a normal Changing of the Guard on a Sunday only and instead includes a trooping of the colour through the King's Guard, an inspection of the guard on the palace forecourt and a march to and from St James's Palace.
A summary of events and music played can be found below.
The Band of the Welsh Guards march to Buckingham Palace:
00:00 Eagle Squadron - K.J. Alford
The Ceremony on the Palace Forecrourt:
02:56 Eleanor Rigby - arr.D.Burton - Inspection of the King's Guard
05:35 Point of War - Colour is marched onto parade
06:37 God Save the King - Trooping of the Colour
07:28 Simply the Best - arr.A.Lightfoot - Sentries are changed
Marching the Colour to St James's Palace:
10:29 The Great Little Army - K.J Alford
13:41 Birdcage Walk - L.Statham
15:57 Arms Park - D.Cresswell
18:16 Point of War - Marching the Colour off parade
Marching the King's Guard back to Buckingham Palace:
18:30 Wellington - W.Zehle
21:35 Steadfast and True - C.Tike
25:01 Back To The Camp - H.Blankenburg
The Band of the Welsh Guards return to Wellington Barracks:
26:35 Colchester Castle - E.A.Brigham
29:46 Sarafand - G.Willcocks

The band was under the direction of their Director of Music Major Simons and led on parade by Drum Major Laing. The guard are formed from 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards.
This event also marks the first day of 'British Summer Time' where the guards change into their summer scarlet tunics from the winter atholl greatcoats that were worn since late October.

Thank you to About.London on TikTok for the use of the video filmed at the forecourt to show as much of the new ceremony as possible!

Due to technical difficulties, sadly this video wasn't filmed in 4K and this will be sorted in time for the next video.

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