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Originally Posted by Herakles  A memory I will never forget.
As G-G, he appeared at the RMC on Queen's Birthday to inspect us cadets prior to us parading the Queen's Colour.
It was snowing and as he came down the steps to the dais, he lifted his sword to avoid tripping on it - exposing a brilliant scarlet lining to his greatcoat. The sight of that and the craggy face glaring at us all, was quite something.
He later said that it was only at his wife's insistence that he wore the greatcoat. After all, us cadets weren't. |
A Staff Cadet at RMC when Bill Slim was governor-general, Herakles? Now that
really is a while ago.