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Former Welsh guardsman Tony Davies also said he felt "invigorated".

Catherine, dressed in a bottle-green and percher hat, presented the traditional sprigs of shamrock to officers, guardsmen and mascot Seamus, the Irish wolfhound, at the regiment's annual parade at Wellington Barracks.

Even the guardsmen had joined the mob, delaying their duty to drive the caravan on time.

The guardsmen are also fighting soldiers who, when not guarding the King or participating in Trooping the Colour, are deployed on operations or training around the world.

The Border Patrol official spoke to the guardsman through a closed gate and was denied entry to the park, the solicitor general wrote.