Day 6 - Visiting the Queen.

Well not really, but we went to her house! Today was for visiting the sights in detail from yesterday's us tour. So it was a visit to the memorial in honour of the NZ war dead. This was impressive and lovely to hear it mentioned in the commentary during the bus tour - including a short playing of the national anthem! The memorial is well done and placed in a very high profile place in London, which is a real honour.

Then is was off to Buckingham Palace to see the Queen. Disappointingly the Justice of the Peace (Adrian) and Royal Warrant holder (Alyson) were told the Queen was busy that day. :-). Some American signatory was visiting as the band was playing a few hits - Mission Impossible (?), I Did It My Way, New York, New York, etc etc. took a few good shots. Then it was a split as Adrian went to see Olympic Park only to find it was surrounded by 20ft high fences as they are rebuilding the area to sort the after games phase... Aly went to the Globe Theatre only to find the didn't do afternoon tours. So it was back on the train and out for a delicious dinner at The Horns restaurant (a local pub). Photos of all this to come I promise!

                                                  The NZ Memorial at Hyde Corner

 

                                              Wreaths - Looked Like From ANZAC Day

                                                                 The Queen's Horsemen

                                                        Proof The Queen Was Home

 

 

 

View From The Mall