} _ w8 E5 X! \It's privates on parade - again!ELITE Queen’s Guards rehearse Trooping the Colour in BARESKINS. ! ]2 J9 B, E' M. k/ _# S
The soldiers stripped off with only pants to stop privates going on parade.* e# s7 E7 S# B
! @) a2 ?6 N% SWearing nothing else but boots, belts and bearskin hats, they practise using broomsticks for rifles and a feather duster as the drill stick in their barracks next to Buckingham Palace. ( I7 @8 q$ O" N& i2 U3 D0 d: i1 V: ~One patriotic soldier wears a Union flag THONG. # G5 h- ?; a4 |+ ?9 ZThe Welsh guardsmen stripped off in their spare time the day before last June’s parade to mark the Queen’s birthday. ' ~7 ^# e. R. Y+ L
A source said they did it to stay cool on a blistering hot day — and to keep their red tunics and black trousers in pristine condition for the annual event. 7 l& f' p7 T5 a8 M1 M% d% FThe hilarious rehearsal, with a solemn commentary, was recorded on a mobile phone — then passed to The Sun. - w% G1 G8 J* @
Since the video was made, the Welsh Guards have completed a highly-successful six-month tour of Bosnia. 7 \ D' A: N' d7 aAn Army spokesman said: “This is harmless fun.”
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