Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace ceremony lasts about 45 minutes and usually takes place daily at 11:30 from April until the end of July and on alternate days for the rest of the year, weather permitting.
The privilege of
guarding the Sovereign traditionally belongs to the Household Troops, better
known as ‘the Guards’, who have carried out this duty since 1660.
The Guards consist of
five infantry regiments - the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh
Guards - and two regiments of the Household Cavalry – the Life Guards and Blues
and Royals.
During the Changing the
Guard ceremony, also known as ‘Guard Mounting’, one regiment takes over from
another.
A funny approach to this ceremony brought to you by Mr. Bean.
Robin Hood is England's most famous outlaw, who robbed from the rich to
give to the poor.
Robin Hood was a Saxon noble, living near the castle of Nottingham. By
various means he was forced into a life of banditry, using his cunning and skill-at-arms
to relieve bishops, nobles, and servants of the king of gold and jewels levied
from the oppressed peasants. Robin collected a band of supporters, his
"Merry Men" around him, dressed in green. The members that never
cease to appear are Robin himself, Maid Marian, Little John, and Friar Tuck.
Robin spends his time fighting the cruel Sheriff of Nottingham, and,
ultimately, King John, who had usurped the throne from the rightful King,
Richard I (Lionheart).
Watch a free Lego version of Robin Hood. Enjoy it!
Washington Irving was an American short story writer, essayist, and biographer who lived between 1783 and 1859. One of his most famous stories is The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, a small American valley at the beginning of the 19th century, where the superstitious people like to tell strange tales about witches and ghosts. This story follows the schoolteacher, Ichabod Crane, as he falls in love with the beautiful Katrina Van Tassel and tries to separate her from his rival, Brom Bones, until one night Ichabod disappears pursued by a headless horseman.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs (Chicago, September 1, 1875 – Encino, March 19, 1950) was an American novelist; creator of Tarzan, Burroughs also published science fiction and crime novels. Burroughs often portrayed Africans, Arabs or Asians as evil or comic, but the stories contain elements that have kept them 'politically correct'.
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Tarzan of the Apes is the first of twenty-four novels in the Tarzan/Adventures of Lord Greystoke series by Sir Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Tarzan was born in the African jungle to Lord John and Lady Alice Clayton. After the death of his parents, Tarzan was taken and raised by the ape Kala. Tarzan grew knowing nothing of his "human" life, always thinking that he was an ape. With the help of the books and tools left in what was once the hut where Tarzan's parents lived, he was able to teach himself to read and write, but not to speak.
Years later, an American gentleman and his daughter Jane visited the jungle in hopes of finding buried treasure. Instead, they found Tarzan, who worked to protect them. The Americans and other men in their group did not stay long, they returned to America. Tarzan was so in love with Jane that he followed her to America and once again protected her, but he returned to the jungle when Jane decided to marry another man.
One of the most known versions of Tarzan is the one from the Disney Factory. The music of the film was composed and performed by Phil Collins. The main title form the soundtrack is called Son of Man.
You can read the lyrics of this song following this link.