Watch again: British soldiers join Paris changing of the guard to mark Entente Cordiale anniversary

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Watch again: British soldiers join Paris changing of the guard to mark Entente Cordiale anniversary

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Watch as British Grenadier Guards join the French Republican Guards to mark 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale pact between the UK and France.
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@AM-mw2wu 4 ай бұрын

To our beautiful neighbours France, this was a special sight to watch and an important occasion for both our countries. May France be blessed and may we continue to develop our friendship. Love from the UK

@Angelcynn_2001 4 ай бұрын

This comment is not a majority opinion

@patlelion 4 ай бұрын

The two Strongest countries in this world! So much history between those two fighters! 😅 but thanks God we are friends now, I am French but I love our old ennemies ❤ 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 ❤

@danallen3947 3 ай бұрын

thats how i feel as a brit

@gadgetgus 4 ай бұрын

I was a soldier in the Royal Engineers. I am proud to celebrate our 120 friendship 🍻 Especially, as we were enemies in the past, fighting each other for hundreds of years, and now, in the last 120yrs we are brothers & sisters in arms 🫂 🙏 Vive le France 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 Together we are stronger 💪🏼 and we will defend freedom and Liberté 🗽 together ♥️

@philhunter9158 4 ай бұрын

You must remember that the French still hate us at Rugby.

@hoarder1919 4 ай бұрын

@@philhunter9158 it's just rugby mate.

@gadgetgus 4 ай бұрын

@@philhunter9158 There are certainly a few, unfortunately, but having attended quite a few football & rugby internationals, most French display, a passionate, sometimes highly charged, friendly rivalry, as close cousins do sometimes. Whether it be our armed forces, language, culture etc, etc... History has shown us that there is far more that unites us than divides us... 😉

@philhunter9158 4 ай бұрын

@@hoarder1919 to you maybe!

@hofnarrtheclown 4 ай бұрын

Notice how the British Government and Monarchy never Mention Germany as a Friendly Nation to Them

@TheCatBilbo 4 ай бұрын

Vive l'entente cordiale! 🇬🇧 🇨🇵 Plus important que jamais.

@gadgetgus 4 ай бұрын

Well said, and so very true! 🍻 🇫🇷 🇬🇧

@gameram6382 4 ай бұрын

2 amazing countrys that shaped the world. So much history, from a old red coat, you have my respect France 🇬🇧❤️🇨🇵

@christophermichaelclarence6003 4 ай бұрын

We sure have a long History. Fighting each other for a Thousand years since the Hundred Years War, through the Seven Years War 1756-1763 to the Napoleonic War 1804-1815. We finally made peace with each by joining forces in the Crimean War 1853-1856. Our long time Rivalry dispute came to an end We indeed shaped though our colonies

@etienneetienne8309 4 ай бұрын

C'est la preuve qu'il ne faut pas désespérer de l'humanité. Que cette amitié entre nos deux nations soit éternelle.

@saeedyeslam1202 4 ай бұрын

More like stole and invaded

@mrobocop1666 4 ай бұрын

@@saeedyeslam1202 now all whom they robbed and destroyed come to their countries in millions to destroy them. Ethnic English and French supposedly will be history already in this century. Also they conveniently forgot Russia was important part of Entente, without Eastern front Germans and Austrians would likely break the defences and capture France

@dazerrod5574 3 ай бұрын

@@saeedyeslam1202 ferme la arab

@hopeforbetter382 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Britain!

@TheCatBilbo 4 ай бұрын

Merci, la France! 🇬🇧 🇨🇵

@FuuzBeeen 4 ай бұрын

And thank you France also, very glad to have France as our good neighbour nation.

@lindalucia31 4 ай бұрын

Thank you France

@donfzic7471 4 ай бұрын

The ambassador of France was received with a very beautiful ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London. En même temps, l'ambassadrice du Royaume-Uni a été reçue en très belle cérémonie au Palais de l'Elysée à Paris. Entente Cordiale since 1904. 🙏🙏💪🤝👏👍💪🤝👏👍

@jacklomas7773 4 ай бұрын

Thank you France.The choir was excellent.

@dynamo1796 3 ай бұрын

The French band captain’s swagger is next level lmao

@johnchatterton9240 4 ай бұрын

Such a nice touch having both national anthems sang instead of being played by a band.

@directeurkrennic5099 4 ай бұрын

Vive la France et vive l’Angleterre 🇨🇵🤝🇬🇧

@michaelamos4651 4 ай бұрын

Rule Britannia 🇬🇧 Vive le France 🇫🇷

@user-en1zl7ii4h 4 ай бұрын

British and commonwealth nations guarding the Royal family, British troops, and French troops guarding The President of France. Never heard French men singing our national anthem before.

@musicloverlondon6070 4 ай бұрын

They did a fantastic job. It reminded me of a Welsh male voice choir. Very good!

@HistoryNerd1814 4 ай бұрын

They invited the French presidential Guard to participate in the changing of the Guard and to be the first non commonwealth country to do so even had the Duke and duchess of Edinburgh watch it. My apologies to the French I can't remember the exact name of the Regiment

@jackharrison6771 4 ай бұрын

I visited France with a school trip in 1973, and I found we had a great reception by the local people of Dourdan. Yes OK, people are generally good with kids anyway, but I will never forget such a wonderful time.

@onotad 4 ай бұрын

About time the French and the British make friends, there are a lot of real enemies around. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is an ancient proverb which suggests that two parties can or should work together against a common enemy.

@christophermichaelclarence6003 4 ай бұрын

It’d say; My Greatest enemy is my Greatest ally

@mnbvcxzlkjhgfdsapoiuytre-pm9wl 4 ай бұрын

Today neither France nor England have any enemies except those within the government

@Simon-hb9rf 4 ай бұрын

"about time"? this is literally a ceremony to mark 120 years of agreement and military cooperation, our countries may have spent the best part of 1000 years beating the crap out of each other but our shared values have made us and France a powerful voice for democracy in Europe and around the world for generations

@christophermichaelclarence6003 4 ай бұрын

@@Simon-hb9rf Indeed. It's really been like a Thousand years we Franco British fought the hell out of each other... just for World Domination. Since the Hundred Years War until the the Napoleonic War. Afterall, The Brits and the French were former Colonial Rival

@Angelcynn_2001 4 ай бұрын

We are not brothers

@trigger1471 4 ай бұрын

awesome,as a welshman,we do like a male voice choir,we seen the french at the palace, now the brits doing the same in France,great vid,someone in the SUN got a right for a change

@christellepilaprat-valleix7932 4 ай бұрын

Vive l'entente entre nos deux pays 🇨🇵🇬🇧

@christellepilaprat-valleix7932 4 ай бұрын

Nos deux pays sont indisociables de part leur vieille histoire. Nous avons eu un passé commun à bien des époques et les français n'ont jamais oublié leurs rois et reines de France...

@ronaldbrooks885 4 ай бұрын

Wonderfull country with wonderfull people. God bless them all.

@godfreysanter1565 4 ай бұрын

Vive l'entente. Et maintenant pour le retour vite de la Grande Bretagne en Europe!

@gandigooglegandigoogle7202 3 ай бұрын

là tu peux rêver ! je serais plutôt pour la sortie de la France de l'UE !

@weeddegree 4 ай бұрын

Ahh the wars we have had, beautiful isn’t it.. against and with 🇬🇧🇫🇷

@migproductions4045 4 ай бұрын

Le bon gare!

@ChristianMARECHAL-gu3wd 4 ай бұрын

Merci à nos cousins britanniques !

@migproductions4045 4 ай бұрын

Slava Entente Cordiale! 😀 Slava Ukraine! ✊

@stevewaters449 4 ай бұрын

Great Choir

@mxr572 4 ай бұрын

nobody does like the Brits to put on a great 'show'. EU alliance best thing happened to Europe. peace, prosperity and cooperation much better than war.

@edlexvalencia9177 4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤ The British & French Forever Forces in PARIS!

@cecilefox9136 4 ай бұрын

C' est une belle céremonie,merci.

@dorisschneider-coutandin9965 4 ай бұрын

Well, Independent, these are soldiers of the Coldstream Guards, not the Grenadier Guards. Sad that a German lady has to tell you that.

@JVSwailesBoudicca 4 ай бұрын

We all know that they are Coldstream Guards - except The Independent it seems 😄

@colonel9iron29 4 ай бұрын

No7 Coy, the ceremonial company of the Coldstream Gds. I wonder if they were chosen especially, as the Coldstream's held the Hougoumont Farm house at Waterloo in 1815.... 😂

@peterfromgw4615 4 ай бұрын

Yes, it’s easy to spot the button groupings on the tunic….buttons in groups of two ……. Grüße aus Australien. Tschüss.

@pamelawhiteside2139 4 ай бұрын

I would have loved to have been able to go watch it as it would be a beautiful thing to do God bless France

@christophemalandain4724 4 ай бұрын

Notre histoire commune parle pour nous . Vive nos différences et nos petites embrouilles de toute façon nous sommes lié à jamais de part notre histoire commune ! Merci et vive nos deux pays !!

@yahyahussein425 4 ай бұрын

Not The Grenadiers! Coldstream! How embarrassing when the nation's own paper gets the name of one of it's premeire Regiment's wrong!

@dynamo1796 3 ай бұрын

In a nice nod to history, the Coldstream Guards saw extensive service during the Napoleonic wars and were present at Waterloo - the end of French military supremacy in Europe. Having them guard the French President shows just how far we have come as brothers across the channel!

@HighlandFace94 4 ай бұрын

Good to see these two countries despite many years of conflict in the past they still have each other. Remember, the French imperial Guards considered to be the best during 18th century, but later on defeated by the Duke of Wellington with his Red Coat army together withe the Great Prussian Army in the Battle of Waterloo. Nevertheless British and French now considered brothers.

@michaelamos4651 4 ай бұрын

Love the choir

@d.e.2526 4 ай бұрын

This delivers quite the perfect evidence that most of a soldier's time is spent waiting : It was true when I was in the military 20 years ago and still obviously is ! Lovely to see the Royal Guard joining our boys and girls in Paris. Cheers from France. Adit : I had forgotten our military gitls. Sorry ladies !

@jeromepoulichet3377 4 ай бұрын

Friendship and cooperation forever !

@Redman147 3 ай бұрын

I have always had a soft spot for French military honors especially drum and bugle. It just had such a simple and magestic timbre that's both historical and modern.

@backgroundknowledgeisevery3089 3 ай бұрын

Excellent parade and music from France as always.

@titigrosminet1543 4 ай бұрын

Tellement de siècles d'histoire en commun . Nos 2 pays se sont façonnés mutuellement et nous seront toujours liés culturellement l'un à l'autre comme deux frères peuvent l'être malgré ce qu'il nous oppose parfois.

@olelain 3 ай бұрын

As my grandfather said , the more you disliked your brother for whatever happened in the past, the more he's your brother. Longue vie a nos freres britanniques et a l'entente cordiale !

@cliffordjamesnirelan 4 ай бұрын

a great event but am sure the exchange guys in London drew the lucky straw parading in and around Buckingham Palace

@PytheasFidus 4 ай бұрын

👍 un grand plaisir de voir cet échange entre gardes français et anglais devant les palais respectifs des deux pays !

@keeper4299 4 ай бұрын

🇫🇷 ❤ 🇬🇧

@altaylor3988 4 ай бұрын

At 48:00 onwards the British Officer' salute was very poor...Longest way up... shortest way DOWN.... The Brit Officer's Trousers were Badly fitting with legs corrugated, also Bear skin not upright. Comment from R.S.M. Brittain "Never seen anything like in my life before"

@marcdupont815 4 ай бұрын

Je pense que cette vidéo marque bien cette alliance entre nos 2 peuples malgré les petites tensions mais c'est ça l'amour 🇬🇧🇫🇷

@magikclown 4 ай бұрын

The French crowds came out to welcome us.

@johnhough7738 4 ай бұрын

French bands have a distinctive sound of their own; some might call it a bit 'tinny' but it's not, it's just a little different ... and I like it-!

@Laurent-Raggos 4 ай бұрын

Hello John, thank you for your very kind comment but let me tell you something regarding military bands in general. I find the King Guard Bands absolutely better than their french counterparts. For instance, when they are at Wellington Barracks preparing for Guard Changing, the band plays various music pieces with a great talent. I heard there "Love is in the air", or "Delilah" and even the theme of Rocky in St. James Palace. Beside this, they play beautiful english military pieces while marching to BP without to forget the role played by for instance SDM Gareth Chambers who personnify the British Pride at its best. Definately, the British are by far the best, take only the Trooping the Colour ceremony, no troop can beat them with their perfect drill. I'm french and I find the music played by the Garde Républicaine boring because they play always the same. Well, I must confess that I'm also a die-hard anglophile... Have a great day John, keep well!

@johnhough7738 4 ай бұрын

@@Laurent-Raggos Thank you for the upbeat (and uplifting~!) comments. It's interesting to watch different militaries on parade, the Ghurkas with their brisk short pace, the Brits we all know, the Yanks with their pizzazz and (dare I say it?) swagger ... but all of them musicians and good at it. I most like the Legion with that long slow pace ... I tried it myself and it's not as easy as it looks to outsiders.

@Laurent-Raggos 4 ай бұрын

@@johnhough7738 Dear John, thank you so much for your very interesting comment and the time taken in replying to my message. All that you say is true, we can't avoid to have preferences but honestly speaking, they all deserve our respect. To emphasise what I was talking about in my first comment: I'm a former non-commissioned of the French Army (tank regiment). When I was in service, I had a colleague who had been transferred from Berlin, Germany (Allies Occupation Forces) to my regiment based in France. I will always remember him when he said: "I've seen the Russians, I've seen the Americans but the Brits, my God, they are by far the most impressive". My opinion towards you Great Country and People*: You may not win their hearts right away but once it's done, the British are unwavering in friendship. Thank you for your kind attention and patience to read me... My very best regards to you John

@johnhough7738 4 ай бұрын

@@Laurent-Raggos Thank you for your kind remarks. I did a three week course (decades ago now) in France, it involved a few ex-French forces guys and several ex Legionnaires as well. I noticed that the aircraft we were using (Dragon Rapide) was perfect three points landings every time (before lunch). After lunch the port wheel touched first, then starboard, and with a few interesting moments it all came together. That's when and where I developed a love for the French and their red wine. I've always found the French to be wonderful people and not at all lacking in humour; sadly I'm a bit too old to go back now.

@Laurent-Raggos 4 ай бұрын

@@johnhough7738 Dear John, as you did, some decades ago I had the pleasure to work in England in Slough with Citroen UK Ltd. where I lived for a while and improved my english. It was a great pleasure to talk with you, you must be a fine person, and also to exchange thoughts and to see that you were happy in France and appreciated it, and that conversely, the same happened to me in England. Take care of yourself John and have a nice sunday evening.

@ThomasRamage-vq7zb 4 ай бұрын

Grenadier Band, F Company Scots Guards in London, 7 Coy Coldstream Guards in Paris

@ajarnwordsmith628 4 ай бұрын

I noticed that our friends in the choir sang the British national anthem by lapsing into the French pronunciation of the word 'noble'. Hang on a mo. Noble is a French word! Crikey.

@user-id9he2db6t 4 ай бұрын

Mes deux pais unis! My two countries united.

@JVSwailesBoudicca 4 ай бұрын

This is the most appalling camerawork .....is he /she from The Independent ? Whoever - must be drunk.

@ajarnwordsmith628 4 ай бұрын

I take comfort from the fact that we Brits, polyglots all and one, speak French behind their backs.

@user-gw3ob9un6d 4 ай бұрын

And vice versa

@panpanjedi 4 ай бұрын

Vive l'entente cordiale !!

@arnaudcasalis4072 4 ай бұрын

Ceci étant, on ne dira jamais à quel point l'histoire de France et de Grande Bretagne est intimement confuse depuis un millénaire avec des origines si partagées y compris sur notre territoire.

@haglasu1468 4 ай бұрын

Parade starts at 25:45

@patlelion 4 ай бұрын

Can you imagine this those two fought a war for over 100 years 😅

@laey8164 4 ай бұрын

pas 100 ans , depuis l'an 1066 exactement avec Guillaume le conquérant, la tapisserie de Bayeux en atteste , après 1000 ans à s'affronter il était temps de s'arrêter et d'unir nos forces 🇫🇷🤝🇬🇧

@Angelcynn_2001 4 ай бұрын

And we (Englishmen), shouldn't have joined the entente 🤦‍♂️

@kerry461 4 ай бұрын

Nous, Bretons étions en paix avec l'Angleterre, l'annexion par la France nous a apporté ses ennemis Anglais. N'oublions pas que nous venons de là bas.

@karstenjackson-lange5516 4 ай бұрын

ahhh i just got it we no longer have a viable army to do our own guarding

@michelreinose4503 4 ай бұрын

Belle prise d’armes.

@mnbvcxzlkjhgfdsapoiuytre-pm9wl 4 ай бұрын

No respect to those Ukraine supporters

@cornucopiaconsultants5283 4 ай бұрын

Viva la France! The French were outstanding as host for this historical event! The Walsh Guards did the UK proud! Well done!

@HistoryNerd1814 4 ай бұрын

I think for the 200th the Monarchy of the UK should meet the President of France

@joffryvangrondelle 4 ай бұрын

first 25 minutes could be skipped, nothing happening there...

@rolandscales9380 4 ай бұрын

A word of advice: scroll to 26:00 where things start to happen.

@TheFearsomePredator 3 ай бұрын

As a French, i can confirm that we will never be friends with these little beans on toast eating fishies

@anthonybrownhovelt 4 ай бұрын

Oh Dear Talk about rushing to wait! The unofficial motto of the British Army! It would seem the French have the same tradition! Loved the Choir. Here's to the next 120 years!

@geoffmitchell6515 4 ай бұрын

Entente cordiale ay …..perhaps the French would like to show it’s still working by stop sending us all the undesirable immigrants they don’t want

@user-nq8oj5ji9h 4 ай бұрын

un jour le destin de nos deux pays sera mit a contribution l, union fera notre force.

@LB-my1ej 4 ай бұрын

Why no people, watch the one in London by comparison.

@vavabeille 4 ай бұрын

I think it's because there is much less ceremonial when it comes to the President compared to the kings, like it's no comparison. I'm pretty sure no tourist has even heard that there was a changing of the guard in Paris.

@TheCatBilbo 4 ай бұрын

It's the street where the British embassy is, so security is tight & there isn't room for large crowds.

@musicloverlondon6070 4 ай бұрын

It's a weekday so that would be automatically less people as most would be working, except for tourists. Also, I suspect that few people even knew that this parade was taking place as there was no publicity beforehand, which may have been a security measure to minimise crowds, I'm not sure.

@JVSwailesBoudicca 4 ай бұрын

Can anyone tell me who the British female representative (alongside President Macron) was - shaking hands with the public towards the end please ? I have failed to find out !

@1chish 4 ай бұрын

I think she is he current British Ambassador to France: Menna Rawlings.

@JVSwailesBoudicca 4 ай бұрын

@@1chish Thank you so much....yes, we continued looking and discovered that she works in the British Embassy in Paris.... but not in the office of Ambassador. I didn't think that she was dressed very smartly for such a ceremony, but thats just my opinion !

@forexed8948 4 ай бұрын

I think the Poster meant to say that these were soldiers of the Coldstream Guards, not the Grenadier Guards.

@mnbvcxzlkjhgfdsapoiuytre-pm9wl 4 ай бұрын

The Ukrainian flag on the wall. That says enough

@alexbrown1885 4 ай бұрын

Coldstream Guards Not Grenadier Guards.

@scott1245 4 ай бұрын

Why so few british guardsmen, seems odd. The French had twice as many guards at Buckingham Palace

@philhunter9158 4 ай бұрын

They are off fighting everyone else's wars.

@davidthompson8757 4 ай бұрын

Nothing a Coldstreamer likes more then be called a Grenadier!

@manoul71 4 ай бұрын

ça envoie bien

@UpatoiCreekRifles 4 ай бұрын

I wonder how many homeless people they had to move before filming this

@col4574 3 ай бұрын

Forgive the delay ..some British airmen were stuck in ze church tower

@ajarnwordsmith628 4 ай бұрын

Vive le rosbif. I must be the only Brit who likes his rosbif 'bien cuit'. None of that delicious French cooking for me. Vive la difference mais vive L'Entente Cordiale.

@giauscaesar8047 4 ай бұрын

That's the Coldstream Guards not the Grenadiers.

@stephen10. 4 ай бұрын

10:42 YOU SHALL NOT PASSSSS I like very much this symbol.

@seniorslaphead8336 4 ай бұрын

I see your hat and raise you a bearskin...

@danallen3947 3 ай бұрын

sooner have these two than Americans

@jeanlebon4653 4 ай бұрын

Entente cordiale with the Brits, laissez moi rire.

@worldwearyuk178 4 ай бұрын

Was that it? The French are not very hot on ceremony, are they.

@amesbancal 4 ай бұрын

La musique de la Garde joue la Marche des Bonnets à poil, sans doute en hommage aux gardes anglais

@jorg8714 4 ай бұрын

Und WO gabs nun die ENTE - ENTE zu seh'n ?

@user-mi4hd7le4w 4 ай бұрын

В Сенате США заявили, что начиная с 2014 года, американцы потратили на Украину ( поддержку ее обороноспособности) 300 ( триста) миллиардов долларов. Учитывая то, что деньги давали не только американцы можно предположить, что сумма переданная на ВСУ, может достигать полутриллиона долларов. Судя по всему, мы видим крупнейшую финансовую аферу в истории. Украинцы умудрились продать «акулам капитализма» идею о том, что они, а) Могут сдержать Россию, б) Могут победить Россию, в) Могут выбить Россию из числа сверхдержав и превратить Россию в геополитического карлика, типа Германии. Снимаю шляпу пред подобным талантом, развести на такие деньги реально серьёзных людей, могут не только лишь все, да вообще никто не может. А украинцы смогли.....

@nickhanlon9331 4 ай бұрын

Good to see the police wear their kepis instead of the 5 Euro baseball caps.

@douili450 4 ай бұрын

this is not the police

@joffryvangrondelle 4 ай бұрын

@@douili450 its the gendarmerie ;-)

@恙恙 4 ай бұрын

Bretagne regimental guards😃

@jeanlebon4653 4 ай бұрын

C'etait super jusqu'a lce que le micron arrive et rapidos je suis passe a autre chose

@louie334 4 ай бұрын

🎉👍

@grahambyrne7868 4 ай бұрын

Macron stop the boats

@chriswharton 4 ай бұрын

Sensational. They march well. Soldiers all.

@Blackmafia943 4 ай бұрын

Police much more dignified and disciplined than London Met Things.

@langohio 4 ай бұрын

Are most French marches fanfare marches?

@robharris8844U 4 ай бұрын

Crowd more at 30.00

@SeanFabien 4 ай бұрын

The French National Anthem is much better and more realistic

@anthonywhelan5419 4 ай бұрын

The French anthem is better. Tres bien!

@ajarnwordsmith628 4 ай бұрын

But the Welsh national anthem is better still.

@arnaudcasalis4072 4 ай бұрын

A Londres, il y a foule au Palais. A Paris, un public choisi et un entre-soi de fonctionnaires protégés dans un quasi bunker. Ca en dit long sur l'exercice actuel du pouvoir.

@clivecartey 3 ай бұрын

One of our Guards, at the rear of the marching column, was vastly over weight and one in the centre of the column was very much out of line. The latter 'happens' - but - an overweight soldier in a column of such prestige ?! Embarrassing ....let alone combat effective.