The famous "Changing the Guard" ceremony at Queen Elizabeth's Buckingham Palace in London returned on Monday after an 18-month absence due to the coronavirus pandemic. The colourful ceremony sees The Queen's Guard handing over responsibility for protecting Buckingham Palace and St James's Palace to the New Guard, usually involving soldiers in scarlet tunics and bearskin hats parading with an army band through central London. Members of the Nijmegen Company Grenadier Guards take part in the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, August 23, 2021. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERSMembers of the 1st Battalion the Coldstream Guards take part in the Changing of the Guard, in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace, in London, Britain, August 23, 2021. Yui Mok/Pool via REUTERSMem...
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Art lovers will get a close-up view of one of Britain’s greatest collections from Friday when masterworks from deep inside Queen Elizabeth’s Buckingham Palace go on public show. The paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, Canaletto and others usually hang in the Picture Gallery, one of the palace’s State Rooms that play host to its grandest events. An employee views a detail of "Christ Healing The Paralytic" by Anthony van Dyck, which forms part of the gallery exhibition "Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace" usually displayed in the State Room now brought together for the first time for the public to view at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, Britain, December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville But the old masters have been cleared out during renovations and moved to more modern ...
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