Parisians greet British and Agincourt

[JoFerret]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3895319.stm

For the first time, British troops marched at the head of France's Bastille Day parade - the annual celebration of the French revolution - to mark 100 years of the Entente Cordiale.

Under a blue sky and a blazing July sun, a band from the Royal Marines struck up Land of Hope and Glory as British troops stepped out onto the Champs Elysees.


There were nearly 200 British personnel at the parade
It wasn't the tune most French expect to hear on Bastille Day, but on the VIP podium President Jacques Chirac didn't bat an eyelid as he was serenaded with a medley of British military marches.

Nor did he blink as France's most important parade was led by the Grenadier Guards, followed by the Household Cavalry - and at the front, Captain James de St Jean Pryce on a horse named Agincourt, the battle in which the English under Henry V roundly defeated the French during the 100 Years War.

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