UNSEEN! British Military and French Troops Historic Parade at Buckingham Palace London 

Tell that to the French at Dunkirk

@@malietoasamoa1301 Tell us what? That it was thanks to the 40,000,000 brave French soldiers that the evacuation was possible? Many people seem to have forgotten this "precision"... Nor have we forgotten the strategic error of Mers el-Kébir... Nevertheless, we French have not forgotten the valiant British and Commonwealth soldiers who took part in our liberation. French friendship ;) .

@tetedebocal so many were left behind the British pretty much ditch them there yea there are a few cases of the French also escape but they were left there alone to be over runned by the Germans but eh they made up for it during D Day🤷‍♂️

@@malietoasamoa1301 why are you saying that ? Frenchs did their Job to avoid the total loss of British army.

@@romrom9761 Yeah, and were left there stranded even though British propaganda at the time told everyone that they'll go together. I bet if you were French back in the day, you would feel betrayed, but eh, they got liberated at the end of the day

Welcome to you too in France. Glad to see our countries' bonds.

Merci. Thank you... only fools to mock both french and British when they walk shoulder to shoulder.

Et amour à nos frères et sœurs français, du Royaume-Uni!

This is to celebrate 120 years of the greatest friendship.

@@biddyboy1570 The friendship is not always obvious. But I hope it will prevail between the two countries.

I hope so too, and I´m neither French nor British but I recognize the need for solidarity in these troubled times.

By way of reconciliation after 8 centuries of war, the French and British fought together to limit Russian expansionism in Crimea in 1854-55. History could repeat itself.

Slavia 🇺🇦

Really ? When ? Je suis français, nous avons passé notre histoire à combattre la Grande Bretagne

@@Drako_Strike Et les 120 dernières années ? L'histoire doit être étudiée et comprise pour ne pas commettre les mêmes erreurs, que ceux qui ont signés cette entente soient remerciés.

@@etorepugatti9196 100%

@@etorepugatti9196 😉👍

Indeed. France is actually not part of the Commonwealth (only the English speaking countries) . France has his Colonial Empire which French Overseas Territory (Departements Outre Mer) This is special occasion and unlike any event we've ever seen It's been almost 2 years since the passing of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II who achieved the record as the Longest Reigning Monarchy in History (70 years). We deeply missed her

@@christophermichaelclarence6003that’s not true any longer, Togo Gabon French and Rwandan speak French and English and Mozambique speaks Portuguese. All now members of the Commonwealth. Countries seeking to join are South Sudan English and Burundi speak French and English. I’m thinking, the only colonial empire that created a commonwealth, where countries who were themselves colonised by other European empires, are asking to join.

@@douglasspencer745 Didn’t know that. Interesting intel

By the way, there were british troops guarding the Elysées for the first time aswell, so it goes both ways

@@t.g.5256 Someone here finally noticed that. Both ways, indeed

you are right.. however just consider that the Brits would have lost if Blucher had not arrived on time !

@@Hypersonic-es6vh i watched many vudeos about the waterloo battle. When the prussians driven back and were on retreat they informed wellington that they will returned. So wellington stand his ground and never retreat even after many waves of attack by the french army. Wellingtons army were the made the elite guards of napoleon to retreat, first time in the battle that the elite emperial guards driven back. Then the prussians came and together they made a complete defeat on the french army of napoleon

​@@HighlandFace94 I mean that the whole point of Wellington plan. If the Prussian didn't return then he wouldn't be there. He is not stupid enough to face Napoleon face on alone. First rule never engage Napoleon alone.

@@thanhhoangnguyen4754 yeah, look at the size of each army, the combined English and Prussian equivalent to Napoleon's army, so understood that they must be combined together inorder to match the size of that Napoleon. Look at the Peninsular War, Wellington command alone An Army equivalent to French in Spain and he defeated the French there.

Guerre de cent ans fut gagnée par les Français en 1453 à Castillon !

Yes, you remember Crécy and Azincourt. We remember Castillon. But at the end of it, we won that war. Let's forget the past. This was such a long time ago.

La bataille de Formigny as Well… 😊

Mais non, n’oublions pas, c’est l’histoire et avec nos amis (maintenant) Anglais et Britanniques c’est un vrai plaisir. 😊

la guerre entre l Angleterre et la France continue chaque années et cela s appelle le "Crunch" 15 contre 15 🏉🏉🏉🏉 the war between England and France continues every year and it is called the "Crunch" 15 against 15

Yeah but at least Portugal gave the brits Port! Lol

What would have happened to Winston Churchill (and therefore to Britain) without Pol Roger? 😅

Funny one of my fav champagne's too! (Bollinger my fav!)

@@steviegee7116 And the French claret.

Mine's a pint of Cockburn's, matey​@@steviegee7116

I guess.

Je crois aussi oui

She is the French ambassador to the UK. The same happened in France, the UK embassador didn’t really know how to behave. I guess both women, who don’t have any military background, don’t know how to act in these situations.

look: at the time of Napoléon, it was always displayed on the french flag : "the Emperor to the "x cavalry regiment" or "x infantry regiment".. looking like a gift offered by the Emperor, or the Consul (before being Emperor) to the military unit.. on the flag displayed today, you could read : " The French Republic to the 1st Foot republican guard regiment" (or something looking like ..)

What a great idea.🇬🇧

That was the Grenadier band in this video.

The program for the part with the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh (thanks to a kind commentator/WE) For information, the music programme for the ceremony was as follows: March to Buckingham Palace: The Bond of Friendship (Mackenzie Rogan), Le Reve Passe (Krier/Helmer), Static Music Marche Lorraine (Ganne) Royal Salute: French and UK National Anthems Inspection of the Guards: L’Entente Cordiale (Keith) Royal Salute: French and UK National Anthems March to Wellington Barracks: L’Entente Cordiale March (Allier), The Great Little Army (Alford)

I doubt she would have allowed it. She was true to her Coronation oath, unlike others.

Indeed they are everywhere, even what is written on the coat of arms of the UK is written in French.

Horrible Frogs. Even God save the king is a French anthem😀

It's a rehearsal! The people on the dias are stand-ins. The event is on Monday, April 08, and it will involve about 40 VIPs including the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh.the UK Chief of General Staff (CGS), General Sir Patrick Sanders, the French Chief of the Army Staff, General Pierre Schill, and the French ambassador to the UK Helene Duchene. A reciprocal event is being staged earlier the same day in Paris at the Elysee Palace with No.7 Company Coldstream Guards and attended by French President Emmanuel Macron. It's a public Anglo-French diplomatic event to mark the 120 anniversary of the Anglo-French Entente Cordiale. The French contingent practicing in the forecourt of B.P. are with the Garde Républicaine, the military group responsible for law enforcement, security and ceremonial duties at national palaces in Paris. Basically it's a parade and a troop review; the Garde Républicaine won't be doing guard duty at B.P. That is a privilege restricted to select members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces.

@@e.chambers2973 and as french guy, for me it is a privilege the french troops being invited in U.K. i believe it is an honor for us.. french troop participating is a platoon of the 1st Regiment of the foot Republican Guard...

That's probably the information relayed during the "long handshake".

Just for the 8th I think. 120th Anniversary.

@@solamano7239 thx :)

I forgot to add that it was reciprocal too, with British troops in Paris, at the Elysée.

I think that he's some new pup just elected.

😅😅😅

Le touriste français par excellence avec sans doute, un sac à dos quechua en prime 🤦🤦

Bien d'accord 😂

As much as we admired and respected Queen Elizabeth, no thank you.😃😃

@@francinesicard464Your French Republic sucks

@@francinesicard464Overthrowing your French Monarchy countless times in a bloody way is dreadful and outrageous. The French Revolution 1789-1794 went too far. No need the behead the King of France Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette who were sentenced to dezt in 1792

I wish too, but the real question is : Capet-Bourbon ? or Bonaparte ?

@@justeunfrancaisHouse Capet doesn’t anymore. Only House of Bourbon (main branch) and House of Orleans (sibling) remain

The Marching Band is British with company of French RepublicanGuards. This special event is to celebrate the Entente Cordiale, Franco British alliance, first established in 1904. They carry on it on WW2 with Winston Churchill but the French General Charles de Gaulle was against it.

@@christophermichaelclarence6003 The band is entirely British.

@@robertmclellan3658 My bad. I’ll rectify my mistake

When in Britan , Don't their bands have home rights! Salute!

Yes

Il y a toujours du monde aux grilles

Je me demande lequel des deux a abandonne l'autre en 1940 😅

During WW2, Churchill and DeGaulle came close to unify UK and France as one entity.

and the RAF bombings during WW2 on French civilians, were they cordial...????😠

@@ph390 they were bombing German targets in France

@@PotatoSalad614 and yet 70 000 French civilians died in them. You could say collateral damages i suppose.

The French contingent did not perform any public duties. They did not at any moment guard The King nor any of the Royal Palaces. They were participating in a march past . Just to clarify.

Wtf should they?

​@@composimmonite3918 Maybe because the British government and British taxpayer have been giving the French government hundreds of millions of pounds over the past several years to try and help with the problem at their end but there is something fishy going on anyway. If the British try and turn the boats around that'd be called a anti-humanitarian crime, met with endless screeching at home and abroad, and if the Royal Navy enter French territorial waters the French could get quite upset about it (and vice-versa) But the thing is, the British taxpayer literally does spend several tens of millions of pounds per year on the issue and nothing is happening. French ships do handovers with British ships in the middle of the English Channel. It's like a ferry service now. The British taxpayer's money is mostly being spent on completely different things, it's a scam. Please do not interpret this as me being argumentative or unreasonable, I am just answering your rather strongly put question to the person whom commented. It is absolutely beyond doubt that the situation is only getting worse and all the French have done is pretend to want to stop the problem. Clearly, the French don't want the migrants milling around in Calais etc either so they will actively try and nudge them into the UK. However, illegal NGO's from _both_ the UK and France are flying in the face of the will of the public and aiding and abetting the human trafficking and subversion of British border enforcement, as well as flouting our nation openly. There are a lot of middle-class activists involved, whom don't care about Britain or France, whom just want infinity migrants to make themselves feel noble and righteous. If the British and French governments really wanted to stop it they could overnight. But they won't. Go figure. All this Entente Cordiale stuff is lovely and everything and I approve of it strongly, as it's historically important and should be upheld, however, inevitably the political realities of the current era are unavoidable.

America turning up late in every war

@@PotatoSalad614 but without america British and French never able to win! Study the history before talking!

@@flaviopolli9402 of course they would win, it’s the Americans who only know Hollywood version of history

@@flaviopolli9402 That's what allies are for ? No need to undermine the efforts of everyone.

@@CCC-nf3bk British and french never able to win a war without americans! Please back to school and study ti improve tour culturali level, now you don' t have!!!

This is a rehearsal for something they'll do once, makes sense they'd not be perfect compared to Regiments that do it every day

Its important to note that the french unit that will be partaking is from the Garde Républicaine of the Gendarmerie, They're trained in both Civil and Military Policing and serve in a real security role, they're trained to look around and take note, similar to how the Foot and Horse Guards acted before their security duties were taken from them by Armed Police

@@privatewill3323 thank you for telling me that, I was being over critical and I now realise that was unfair.

@@DylanSargesson you’re quite right of course, I was being over critical and unfair.

you are absolutely right... and as a french guy, i do regreat it !