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LONDON — French and British troops on Monday swapped roles to take part in ceremonies outside the palaces of the other country’s head of state, in a historic move to celebrate 120 years since the Entente Cordiale.Signed in 1904, the accord cemented an improvement in relations after the Napoleonic Wars and is seen as the foundation of the two NATO members’ alliance to this day.

LONDON: French and British troops on Monday swapped roles to take part in changing of the guard ceremonies outside...

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh led celebrations at Buckingham Palace to mark the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale. To mark the anniversary, British and French soldiers took part in Changing of the Guard ceremonies at their counterparts’ palaces. Edward and Sophie therefore watched as 32 members of the 1st and 2nd Infantry regiments…

Prince Edward and Duchess Sophie took part in a royal first at Buckingham Palace.

French and British troops on Monday will swap roles to take part in the changing of the guards ceremonies outside the palaces of the other countrys head of state, in an unprecedented move to celebrate 120 years since the Entente Cordiale.

British and French troops swapped roles to mark the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are filling in for the King as he continues to step back from royal duties while undergoing treatment for cancer.

French troops joined their British counterparts in the famous Changing of the Guard ceremony outside Buckingham Palace for the first time Monday, marching together in a display of solidarity between Britain and France amid the war in Ukraine. At a parallel ceremony in Paris, British soldiers donned tall bearskin hats to take part in an unprecedented joint military parade in front of the presidential Elysée Palace, as the French army choir sang the two national anthems, “God Save the...

French soldiers will guard Buckingham Palace for the first time in history to mark 120 years of friendly relations between London and Paris.

Prince Edward and Duchess Sophie of Edinburgh are attending a special Parade in London to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale.