At the Elysee, 16 members of the Number 7 Company Coldstream Guards of the UK embassy, wearing their traditional bearskin hats, relieved French counterparts from the first infantry regiment.

Bearskin hats require careful looking after, so they are only given to these specific guards. The Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh Guards are the only foot guards in the British army ...

The Band of the Coldstream Guards, in their long grey greatcoats and bearskin hats, played the Battle of Britain March and the Royal Air Force March Past in tribute to Group Capt Hemingway during ...