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...that the Guardsman on duty in front of Buckingham Palace had deliberately kicked her in the shins. Within hours-though it happened to be the day-that the Queen returned from Canada-all London was talking about the revolt of the 20-year-old Guardsman of No. 1 Company, Coldstream Guards,* who bore the appropriate name of Victor Footer. He steadfastly denied that he had intentionally kicked the woman, even though she was "sniggering" at him. But he was marched off to Wellington Barracks and charged with "irregular conduct while on sentry-go" and with being "extremely idle"-a brigade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Who Guards the Guardsmen? | 8/17/1959 | See Source »

...Federation of British Industries' fair-the purpose of her trip in the first place. Not only were the Portuguese barred and all entrances locked (though the British exhibitors were allowed in), but Margaret was followed about by six burly, khaki-uniformed members of Her Majesty's Coldstream Guards. Two days later the British embassy made matters worse by barring the press from a party given aboard a British ocean liner in the harbor. Apparently, said 0 Século acidly, the Portuguese could "circulate freely on the Tagus, which is theirs, with the permission of the British...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: Meg, Go Home | 6/22/1959 | See Source »

Robin's Eggs. In Nottingham, England, retired Coldstream Guards Major A.M.G. Beattie swells his income by selling acorns from Sherwood Forest, mostly to U.S golf clubs, schools, agricultural colleges and longbow-struck little boys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 23, 1959 | 3/23/1959 | See Source »

...London magistrate called up two defendants in Bow Street police court one day last week. The first was Private Anthony Walter Plant, 19, of the 2nd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards. The second was Ian Douglas Harvey. Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East and Joint Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Office, the third top Foreign Office post. Both were charged with "committing an act of gross indecency with another male person" in St. James Park, next to the government offices in Whitehall. Additionally, they were accused of "behaving in a manner reasonably likely to offend against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Contrary to Regulations | 12/1/1958 | See Source »

...Where he inspected his old World War I regiment, the Grenadier Guards, "the finest regiment in the brigade." The other regiments in the Brigade of Foot Guards: Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CYPRUS: Half Speed Ahead | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

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