2012 Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance

2012 has been a remarkable year in so many ways. A year that brought

the runaway success of the Olympics, and the historic achievement of a

Diamond Jubilee. But for dozens of forces' families, 2012 will forever

be a year of loss and sadness. Tonight, at the Royal British

Legion Festival of Remembrance, we pay tribute to members of the

British Armed Forces and we MUSIC: "March Militaire - La Ronde"

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Your majesty, your Royal Highnesss, ladies and gentlemen, this

Remembrance weekend we honour the memory of all those who gave their

lives in the service of their country. In the 12 months since

last year's Festival, 52 members of the British Armed Forces have lost

their lives, many others have been seriously injured. The work of the

Royal British Legion is more important than ever. So please

welcome the National and Branch Standards of the Royal British

Legion, the Royal British Legion Scotland, the Legion's overseas

branches and representatives of the ex-service and civilian

The Union Flag bearer for the third year in succession is John Grimes

from South Wales, followed by the National Standard Bearer in the

Youth section and women's section and the Scotland National Bearer.

The cadet banners representing 14,000 sea cadets in the UK, 46,000

army cadets and 46,000 air cadets, too.

Here we have the first of 109 Standard Bearer representing 2,500

branches of the Legion across the country and overseas. These are the

branches that provide the vital support for people in their local

communities and a meeting place for These numbers are reminder that the

Legion is one of Britain's biggest membership organisations with

360,000 members, including the women's section.

These are the people with all of their friends and colleagues who

raise �136 million for the Legion last year and there is a Falklands

veteran, Garrison Sergeant Major in charge of the precision and drill

of this event. With us too are the ex-service

associations, the South Atlantic Medal Association, Steven Kay

representing the Falklands Falklands receipt vans, the Royal

Marines associations, the Royal engineers association here, too.

Brian Simm is representing them. The Royal Air Force Association,

the Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Association, the

Merchant Navy and Bomber Command Association represented by by Ron

I was nearly killed three, in the course of one battle

Once a year, I think it's quite good to have a focus,

to think of the people who weren't so lucky.

The chief achievement of the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards

was the taking of Tumbledown Mountain,

which was the final, decisive battle of the Falklands War.

It was fought at night, in poor visibility

with close-quarter infantry action, driving snow showers,

and it went on for hours and was very fiercely contested.

We were moving up through the crags,

and we came under intense enemy fire.

The two forward assault platoons were taking casualties

and, as the fighting went on and on,- the toll began to mount.

I got informed over the radio that the platoon sergeant

had been shot and he was badly wounded.

My father was shot in the thigh

and then subsequently was shot in the chest,

and that was the wound which ultimately cost him his life.

He was doing what any soldier would do, you know,

committing a selfless act for the great of others.

It was a complete shock because John was a leader of men,

and we were depending on John to lead us up that hill,

but you had to get on with it. You had to safeguard yourself

and the remainder of the guys that were still fighting.

We'd been battling literary for hours,

and then the situation suddenly changed,

and we found ourselves - there were only seven of us by this stage -

at the top of Tumbledown,

looking down and seeing the lights of Stanley in the distance.

Almost to that moment,we were engaged with automatic fire.

Your body in these things, you can't- move as fast as your brain can,

and I heard one chap get hit,

and then another one, and then it was my turn.

You know, my father, from what people have said,

was a very good soldier.

Ultimately, how you command your men

is the way that you'll be remembered,

and 30 years on from the Falklands,

that is the way that he is remembered.

I do think about them every day,

but the Remembrance Service brings it all back

and you think about everyone that has lost loved ones,

including the enemy, because we killed their sons as well.

That will live with me for ever.

This

This year,

This year, 2012,

This year, 2012, has brought the 30th anniversary of the Falklands

campaign and for some, as we know, the experience is still vivid. We

just heard from Alasdair Mitchell and Thomas McInnes about the

challenging conditions and sorrow of losing comrades. They both join

us now, accompanied by three pipers from the Scots Guards, Falklands

veterans, Pipe Major Steven Duffy and Pipe Major Peter Macinnes and

they play The Crags of Tumbledown Mountain, a piece written on the

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slopes of Tumbledown in the days At this Festival we remember all

to make personal sacrifice We stand shoulder to shoulder

Holding high for peace and justice

# I'll be glad cos I was blessed to get

# To have you in my life

# When I look back on these days

# I'll look and see your face

# You were right there for me

# In my dreams I'll always see you soar above the sky

# In my heart there'll alway be a place for you

# For all my life

# I'll keep a part of you with me

# And everywhere I am There you'll be

# And everywhere I am There you'll be

# Well, you showed me how it feels

# To feel the sky within my reach

# And I always will remember all the strength you gave to me

# Your love made me make it through

# Oh, I owe so much to you

# You were right there for me

# In my dreams I'll always see you soar above the sky

# In my heart there'll always be a place for you

# For all my life

# I'll keep a part of you with me

# And everywhere I am There you'll be

# Cos I always saw in you my light My strength

# And I want to thank you now for all the ways

# You were right there for me

# You were right there for me

# For always

# In my dreams I'll always see you soar above the sky

# In my heart there'll always be a place

# For you for all my life

# I'll keep a part of you with me

# And everywhere I am There you'll be

# And everywhere I am There you'll be...

# There you'll be... #

Few

Few institutions

Few institutions in

Few institutions in the United Kingdom have a record of unbroken

service spanning more than three centuries. None is more

distinguished probably than the Royal Hospital Chelsea, established

by Charles II to provide soldiers with a fitting home in retirement.

The Royal Hospital still provides a secure environment for those who

have known military life and since 2009 it's been a home for men and

women. The warmest welcome, once again to the Festival, to the

Always a rousing welcome for the Chelsea Pensioners at the Albert

Hall. Their combined ages this evening,

1,428 and their years ever service 319 between them.

Led by sap sergeant Major pierce Laly. The oldest pensioners is 92.

He served in the Parachute Regiment. The Chelsea Pensioners provided an

honour guard at the Queen's Diamond Jubilee river pageant and made a

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memorable appearance at the opening APPLAUSE

Ladies and gentlemen, yes, our thanks once again, please to the

Band of her Majesty's Royal Marines. From one flawless performance to no

doubt another, the Royal Air Force Regiment is responsible for for

protecting all the RAF's deployed assets and when not on frontline

service they provide the world famous Queen's Colour Squadron

which played a prominent part in this year's Diamond Jubilee

celebrations and at the Olympics and an unveiling of the Bomber

Command Memorial in London's green park. Please give them a warm

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95% of my time in the Forces I fell for the lifestyle,

After the Gulf War, we got sent to Bosnia,

which was a completely different war altogether.

It was a civil war.

It wasn't just men getting affected,- it's women and children.

We got into quite a bad firefight, which sits, still to this day,

very heavy on my shoulders.

You see sort of pure carnage.

It's very hard to portray that to people, why that will affect you.

I left the Army about a year after the Bosnia incident.

I've had some absolutely up times, but then,

when I would get in stressful positions and things like that,

then, unfortunately, I would go right downhill.

I would become a recluse.

You bottle it up, and it's like a bottle of Coke -

if you shake it up,it will come out...you know, explode.

And that's basically what, unfortunately, happened.

A friend of mine,who was an ex-serviceman, he told me,

"Go to the Legion. You've earned it.

"You did your service, and the Legion are there to help people."

Derek contacted us two years ago.

The Royal British Legion provided Derek with a deposit

and the first month's rent on a flat for him.

We didn't become aware of just how serious Derek's problems were

until about a month later.

I wasn't taking care of myself, I was drinking very heavy.

He was obviously very mentally disturbed - shaking, sobbing.

They talked me into, "Go and see the doctor,"

and then I was diagnosed with having- post-traumatic stress disorder.

I've found it almost impossible to come to terms with.

I had a mental illness,

I've got something that will trouble me for the rest of my life,

but there is ways of coping with it.

Come, Bobby! Come here!

Derek knows that the Royal British Legion is always there for him.

He knows he only has to pick the phone up

and one of the welfare team will be here

to talk through any problems or issues.

What I would like to say to the RBL

would be very hard to put into words.

I just give a big, massive thank you,

and that comes from the bottom of my heart,

because they have done so much for me, and they didn't have to.

Last

Last year

Last year for

Last year for the first time we welcomed The Military Wives to the

Festival and since then choirs have formed impressively in many bases

arched the -- around the UK and overseas. This year, it's also the

turn of the husbands. Jonjo Kerr from choral shreu a Private in --

from Chorley is a Private in 3rd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment.

He's just returned from Afghanistan. He is with The Military Wives.

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Let's give them a rousing welcome. # In my dreams

# In my dreams # In my dreams

# Always you Always love in my dreams

# All alone here I lie

# As the darkness falls around

# As I think of you and your warm embrace

# I'm home again, ever safe

# In my dreams I dream of you

# You're in my arms Forever more

# In my dreams my heart is holding you

# Dream my heart is holding you

# Feeling you Feeling you

# Always you in my dreams

# Always in my dreams

# In my dreams... #

# In my dreams... #

# In my dreams... #

The RAF came round.

They don't come round to see you for no reason at all. It's, um...

It's only usually with bad news.

It started with my dad.

My dad was in the RAF Regiment during his National Service.

Anybody that was in the military,

if they wanted to talk to him, Ryan would listen.

You couldn't have asked for a better brother. He loved the RAF,

everything from the actual job, to working with his colleagues,

to going away with his colleagues, nights out.

He loved just the whole lifestyle of it, really.

He went out to Afghanistan in 2009 - 2010,

and then he went again, 2011 - 2012.

He couldn't wait to get out there and to get amongst it all again.

He always used to say, "If you're not living life on the edge,

"you're taking up too much room."

They'd been out there for three months and they was on a patrol,

and he got out of his vehicle and he was shot from behind by...

They don't know who done it. But, um... That was it.

He...he was killed instantly.

Ryan's letter started with the opening line,

"If you're reading this, I'm kicking- it with the big guy in the sky."

And...

It was comforting to read it... what he'd wrote in it.

But he was just thinking of his friends...and his family.

I'll always remember him as being fun-loving,

enjoying his life, and just following his dreams, really.

A real inspiration. That's how I'll remember him.

He was always, um, smiling.

He was never down.

He never brought nothing but joy.

Kevin

Kevin and

Kevin and Diane,

Kevin and Diane, the parents of Ryan and his sister Michelle, lead

the way as the war widows and relatives join us at the Festival

of Remembrance. Aidan and his mum representing Gary

O'Donnell who died from injuries sustained in an IED attack back in

2008. The group also includes Catherine

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Ladies and gentlemen, in June this year the Bomber Command Memorial

was unveiled by Her Majesty the Queen in Green Park in central

London, it's a fitting memorial to the servicemen and women who served

in Bomber Command. The average age of crew members was 22. Some who

joined had a realistic expectation of surviving for just two weeks.

The spirit of courage and determined optimism of that sage

reflected in the music of the RAF RAF Squadronaires and their special

# You've got to give a little # That's the story of

# You've got to laugh a little Cry a little

# Until the clouds roll by a little

# That's the story of That's the glory of love

# Waa, waa, waa Ooh-ooh

# As long as there's the two of us

# We've got the world and all its charms

# And when the world is through with us

# We've got each other's arms

# You've got to win a little Lose a little

# And always have the blues a little

# That's the story of That's the glory of love

# Waa, waa, waa Ooh-ooh

# As long as there's the two of us

# We've got the world and all its charms

# And when the world is through with us

# We've got each other's arms

# You've got to win a little Lose a little

# And always have the blues a little

# Waa, waa, waa Ooh-ooh

# That's the story of

# That's the glory of love

# That's the story, the glory of

# That's the story of love

# Ohh, ooh, of love

# The glory of love

# That's the story of love

# Ohh, ooh, of love

# When the lights go on again all over the world

# And the boys are home again all over the world

# And rain or snow is all that may fall from the skies above

# A kiss won't mean goodbye but hello to love, yeah

# When the lights go on again

# And the ships will sail again all over the world

# Then we'll have time for things like wedding rings

# And free hearts will sing

# When the lights go on again all over the world. #

I was a good navigator, I think.

We always got back.

Except the last time.

I suppose, on my first op, I felt excited.

We had no real idea of what an air raid looked like from the air.

Many of us had experienced it when we were back home, on leave.

Bomber Command was a means of retaliation.

Nobody was ever very happy about dropping bombs,

but war is a terrible thing, so I dropped bombs.

I suppose the most common phrase that you would hear

on a bomber station was,

"It's not going to happen to me."

It was heard all over the place.

Or, "It's not going to happen to us."

But I'm afraid, suddenly, there were seven empty beds.

You just had to accept it.

We came under attack on our 17th trip.

The captain decided that we weren't really going to make it

and said, "Everybody out!"

I landed in a tree very close to the-frontier between Belgium and Holland.

I did get a marvellous amount of help

from very many wonderful people.

They didn't think of their own safety,

and I eventually arrived down into Gibraltar.

I've been extremely lucky. Very fortunate indeed.

The cost, as far as Bomber Command was concerned,

was getting on for 50%.

I certainly remember, especially my crew,

but many other people,

think what could have been to those who didn't survive.

We're the poorer without them.

This

This evening

This evening we

This evening we pay tribute to the representatives of Bomber Command

and we remember the 55,000 who did not return. 50 missions, Bomb Aimer,

Wing Commander John Bell, MBE, DFC, 40 missions, pilot, Flight

Lieutenant George Gunn, DFC, 21 missions, Flight Engineer, Warrant

Officer, Arthur Smith, shot down on his 25th mission, Gordon Mellor.

Taken prisoner, wireless operator War scant ap officer -- Warrant

Officer John Baffield. 60 missions, Warrant Officer, Harry Irons and

with 33 missions, Rear Gunner, Warrant Officer, Dave Fellowes.

Ladies and gentlemen, we pay tribute to the brave men of Bomber

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Ladies and gentlemen, he is of course one of the world's most

popular entertainers, his career has spanned five decades and

tonight for the first time at the Festival of Remembrance we welcome

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our special guest, Mr Rod Stewart. # But seas between us

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ALL SING: Ladies and gentlemen, Mr Rod

Stewart! The solemn tradition of observing a

national two-minute silence in memory of the dead has been

established for nearly a century. A much older treuld is -- tradition

is that of the laying up of drums to form a temporary altar, the

focal point of a service to remember those lost in battle.

Tonight, the act of Remembrance will happen when the poppies fall

and we all reflect in silence on the sacrifice of so many. We start

with the laying of the altar and the muster of some of today's

servicemen and women. The music of Elgar's Nimrod has long been

associated with Remembrance weekend and we prepare for the service with

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# We know there will be # And we'll dare to raise

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# And we'll dare to raise To lead off The Muster, the Royal

First in tonight 42 members of the Royal Navy representing ships and

submarines and squadrons, units and shore establishments, led by

Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing service, provide nursing of

the highest calibre all over the world.

The Royal Marines joining us, including representatives of 30

commando Information Exploitation Group and the Logistic Regiment.

Royal Naval Reserve coming in, too. The Royal Fleet Aubgs I will I will

The unmistakable music telling us the Grenadier Guards Company.

The majority of the Guardsmen six to nine months out of training.

2nd Battalion The Princess of Wales Royal Regiment and the Queen's

tkpwurbg Orderly -- Gurkha Orderly Officers.

The Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corp. And the Territorial

Army, a big contingement. The Government plans to expand the

reservists as they stand, doubling in size to 30,000, that's the plan

anyway. And then the territorial Army would be renamed The Army

The Royal Air Force. Leading officers, Flight Lieutenant

Richard Hughes. Brize Norton, the RAF's air transport and air-to-air

refuelling hub and the typhoon jets that we often see on television

screens based at RAF, they stand ready at all times to protect the

skies in the UK. The Royal Air Force Regiment.

Servicewomen of the Royal Air Force. Waiting patiently to come in the

Royal Air Force Police. Princess Mary's Royal Air Force

Nursing Service, some 500 nurses working across many clinical

specialties and locations in the UK and overseas and they're a very

important part of the medical emergency response team. They move

casualties from the frontline to field hospitals in very strenuous

and harrowing conditions. Also joined by the Royal Auxiliary

Volunteer instructors of the Air Cadet Organisation taking care of

more than 46,000 cadets in the UK The The Merchant Navy.

We have Merchant Navy veterans and cadets, too. Martin Reed and

Lorraine Mulberry among them. And The Royal British Legion and The

A group of poppy collectors, all part of the campaign to make this

year's collection another record- breaking effort. The Civilian

Services including St John's Ambulance, coastguard agency and

Helen Glover and Heather Stanning, We have done it,

Great Britain, the Olympic champion once more!

Thank you to all those who made this possible.

Our servicemen and women, who stepped up so magnificently,

you proved again you're the greatest in the world!

Can

Can we

Can we please

Can we please welcome representatives of the 15,000

members of the Armed Forces who helped make the Games safe and from

our triumphant Team GB, rowers, Naval officer Pete Reed and Royal

Artillery officer Captain Heather Stanning and Paralympian Private

Derek Derenalagi, who was injured in Afghanistan. Let's give them a

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fitting welcome. I wouldn't consider my actions

I think, on that day, we were in that position.

I think, any other day, it could have been a different team

and they'd have done exactly the same.

Simon is one of those people that, when you meet him,

you don't really see anything special,

but when you get to know him,

you know that he's a courageous, determined individual

who will always support the rest of his team.

On June 11th, the Brigade Reconnaissance Force

had been engaged in an area known as the Adanzai Bazaar.

The insurgents obviously started getting a feel for where we were

and what we were doing.

There was a firefight going on, and we knew that that firing point

had to be neutralised as quickly as possible.

His mates were in danger.

They were being engaged by a machine gunner,

and he was in a position where he thought he could something about it,

and the way he decided to assault was a couple of grenades

over the wall to stun the enemy, and then dive into a sewage ditch

and crawl underneath the wall, leaping out on the other side,

not knowing what to expect.

It was the best way of getting into that compound, on the scene,

unheard and, ultimately, giving us the advantage

when it came to the engagement.

It's always hard to say how many lives he saved, but he certainly...

He removed the peril instantly,

and as soon as the machine gunner had been dealt with,

the rest of the insurgents just melted away back into the desert.

Being awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Cross,

it means a great deal to me. It's massive honour,

but I think every single man within that squadron

deserves to be singled out, as well.

When I walk into the Royal Albert Hall

carrying the Book of Remembrance,

I'll feel very privileged to be doing it.

I'll be thinking of, obviously,

the guys that have paid the ultimate- sacrifice, but also their families,

their children, their wives,husbands, that have been left behind.

They'll be forefront in my mind.

# With proud thanksgiving A mother for her children

#England mourns for her dead across the sea

Flesh of her flesh they were Spirit of her spirit

Fallen in the cause of the free

# Fallen in the cause of the free

# They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old

# Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn

# At the going down of the sun and in the morning

# We will remember them

# We will remember them. #

The

The Festival

The Festival organist,

The Festival organist, his 16th # Praise, my soul

# Ransomed, healed # Who like me

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# Praise him # Praise with us

The National Chap Lain of the to remember with thanksgiving

have been given and taken away in the cause of justice and freedom,

to pray for all who in bereavement, disability and pain,

continue to suffer the consequences of fighting and terror,

and for the Royal British Legion

in its ministry of care and support for them,

and to commit ourselves, young and old,

to work in penitence and faith

for reconciliation between the nations of our troubled world -

that, under God, people of every race and creed may be at peace.

These thoughts and prayers we offer to God

in the words that Jesus taught.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed by thy name,

thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,

for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory

forever and ever.

Amen.

Love

Love one

Love one another

Love one another as I have loved you. There is no greater love than

this that a man should lay down his life for his friends. You are my

friends if do you what I command you. I call you servants no longer.

A servant does not know what his master is about. I have called you

friends, because I have disclosed to you everything that I heard from

my father. You did not choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go on

and bear fruit, fruit that shall last so that the father may give

you all that you ask in my name. This is my commandment to you, love

We give thanks for Our Sovereign Patron of the Royal British Legion,

and her unswerving commitment to the service of all her peoples.

Grant that she may be so strengthened by God's grace

and guided by his spirit,

that, following in the way of Christ with her whole heart,

she may at the last come into his eternal kingdom.

# O Lord, hear my prayer. #

# Lord, in your mercy hear us

We pray for those upon whom

the responsibilities of government are laid, and for all who,

through positions of influence and authority,

serve the well-being of this nation, the Commonwealth and the world.

Give them the courage and integrity always to do what is right,

that upholding honour and justice, and restraining evil and oppression,

they may enrich our common life

and further the cause of goodness and truth.

# O Lord, hear my prayer. #

# O Lord, hear my prayer. #

We commend to God the men and women who serve today in the Royal Navy,

the Army and the Royal Air Force,

and all who support them

in their mission at sea, on land and in the air.

Most especially at this time,

we pray for Her Majesty's forces serving in Afghanistan.

May they meet danger with bravery

and, facing whatever lies before them with discipline and loyalty,

truly serve the cause of justice, freedom and peace.

# O Lord, hear our prayer

# O Lord, hear our prayer

# O Lord, hear our prayer

# And bring us your peace.

# Amen. #

Our

Our second

Our second hymn

Our second hymn is an expression of # Great is thy faithfulness

# There is no shadow # Thou changest not thy

# As thou hast been thou forever wilt be

# Great is thy faithfulness

# Great is thy faithfulness

# Morning by morning New mercies I see

# All I have needed thy hand hath provided

# Great is thy faithfulness Lord unto me

# Summer and winter and springtime and harvest

# Sun, moon and stars in their courses above

# Join with all nature in manifold witness

# To thy great faithfulness Mercy and love

# Great is thy faithfulness

# Great is thy faithfulness

# Morning by morning New mercies I see

# All I have needed thy hand hath provided

# Great is thy faithfulness Lord unto me. #

Teach us, good Lord, to serve thee as thou deservest,

to give and not to count the cost,

to fight and not to heed the wounds,

to toil and not to seek for rest,

to labour and not to ask for any reward,

save that of knowing we do your will,

through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old.

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

we will remember them.

ALL: We will remember them.

THEY PLAY THE LAST POST

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THEY PLAY REVEILLE

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When you go home, tell them of us and say,

"For your tomorrow we gave our today."

# Praise be the setting sun That marks the closing day

# Give thanks to those who sacrificed

# Remember them today

# The poppy, dove and olive branch

# Give light and show the way

# So sing out loud....

# The gift of peace We bring to you, we pray... #

# ..Bring peace to you we pray. #

We present these poppies from children,

to say thank you to all those who gave their lives

so that we can live and be free.

Two

Two We

Two We remember

Two We remember those who you have gathered from the storm of war into

the peace of your presence. May that same peace calm our fears,

bring justice to all peoples and establish harmony among all the

nations through Jesus Christ Our Lord, amen. The final hymn is a

great expression of faith as life # Abide with me

# When other helpers fail and comforts flee

# Help of the helpless O abide with me

# Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day

# Earth's joys grow dim Its glories pass away

# Change and decay in all around I see

# O thou who changest not Abide with me

# I fear no foe with thee at hand to bless

# Ills have no weight and tears no bitterness

# Where is death's sting? Where, grave, thy victory?

# I triumph still if thou abide with me

# Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes

# Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies

# Heaven's morning breaks and earth's vain shadows flee

# In life, in death O Lord, abide with me. #

# Sunset in the western sky

# Darkness falls o'er land and sea

# Praise, Lord, we raise to you

# This night and for evermore

MUSIC: "Sunset"

# We think of loved ones near and far

# And those who've fought the fight before

# Keep safe your people, Lord

# This night and for evermore

# Keep safe your people, Lord

# This night and for evermore

# This night and for evermore. #

# This night and for evermore. #

God grant to the living grace, to the departed rest,

to the Church, the Queen, the Commonwealth and all people,

peace and concord, and to us and all his servants life everlasting,

and the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son

and the Holy Spirit be with you and remain with you always.

Amen.

DRUM ROLL

# God save our gracious Queen

# Long live our noble Queen

# God save the Queen!

# Send her victorious

# Happy and glorious

# Long to reign over us

# God save the Queen! #

The Parade will remove head-dress.

Remove...

head-dress.

Three cheers for Her Majesty The Queen. Hip, hip...

ALL: Hooray!

Hip, hip...

ALL: Hooray!

Hip, hip...

ALL: Hooray!

Parade will replace head-dress.

Replace...