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Changing of the guards notoriety

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Yes.

So I was one of the first nine females

at Buckingham palace in 1992.

Took us a little bit by surprise, really.

We knew it was

as it always is at Buckingham palace,

up by the media of the day.

So it was on the front pages of both

a little bit, to the surprise of my

And this is before we had

So the first they saw of really what I was

in the day after, because they were flown

on the front page of all these newspapers,

which is still quite funny, really.

But yes, it really turned into

And little did I know that 34 years later

at Buckingham palace,

time volunteer reservist last month.

I think there was quite a lot of pressure.

Anyway, we knew it was a big event.

It's central London,

and the parade is slightly different.

You know, you're working

is slightly different and at times you

Now, for myself, who was just getting used

very new to the role,

of army drill as well

Always harder as well on the rehearsals.

When you ask to imagine

and that building is, you know, you know,

But yes, but then when the media turned up

and things like that,

and, yeah, all eyes would be on us,

And even now you don't see the crowd so

but it's when you leave the forecourt

And nowadays, as much as you see

you just seem to see a whole bank

of phones, which wasn't the case in 1992.

You actually saw people's faces.

But it is huge and it does make the hairs

And just walking through those gates

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