Dear Gabriel,
Last week we took Flat Stanley to see a few Royal sites in London. Instead of taking the train into central London, we decided to take a double decker bus! Here is your primo Owen riding with Flat Stanley at the top and very front of a double decker bus! You can see other double decker buses outside the window.
First stop, Buckingham Palace. It's the big building in the background, behind the golden statue called the Imperial Memorial to Queen Victoria. Do you know who lives at Buckingham Palace?
Here your tio Oliver is holding Flat Stanley in front of the main entrance to Buckingham Palace. Do you see the flag flying at the top of the building? It is called the Royal Standard. When this flag is flying, it means the British Sovereign (the Queen) is in the palace!
Do you see the two guards in red, black and white uniforms behind Flat
Stanley? They are sentries in the Queen's Guard. They protect the Palace
and the Queen. Have you ever seen the changing of the guards? Look here!
Flat Stanley also saw a marching band of Queen's Guards! They marched from the Buckingham Palace gates, past the Imperial Memorial to Queen Victoria, then through Green Park.
Flat Stanley also got to see the Horse Guard Parade close up. These mounted sentries in red are called Life Guards. But they're not the life guards you see at the beach. Life Guards have been protecting the entrance to Buckingham Palace and St. James Palace since the late 15th century -- that's over 500 years!
We had a lot of fun visiting these Royal places with Flat Stanley! More to come!
Much love,
Tia Effie
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