{"id":5753,"date":"2011-07-04T15:47:46","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T19:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=5753"},"modified":"2011-07-04T15:47:46","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T19:47:46","slug":"mom-and-my-uk-adventure-london-changing-of-the-guard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=5753","title":{"rendered":"Mom and my UK adventure &#8211; London &#8211; changing of the guard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mom is a big fan of English royalty.\u00a0 She likes the kings and queens, stories of Lancelot and Merlin, and all things up that alley.\u00a0 On our second day in London, she was thrilled to learn that she would be watching the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.\u00a0 As another surprise, the queen was in residence, and we saw when she left the residence in her Jaguar!\u00a0 Yes, everyone cheered.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5772\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-02.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-02-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5769\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5769\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5769\" title=\"UK-London-2-03\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-03.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-03-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5768\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5768\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5768\" title=\"UK-London-2-04\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-04.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-04-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5767\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5767\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5767\" title=\"UK-London-2-05\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-05.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-05-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5766\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5766\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5766\" title=\"UK-London-2-06\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-06.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-06-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5764\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5764\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5764\" title=\"UK-London-2-07\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-07.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-07-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5762\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5762\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5762\" title=\"UK-London-2-09\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-09.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-09-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5762\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"> <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<div id=\"attachment_5763\" style=\"width: 445px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5763\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5763\" title=\"UK-London-2-08\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-08.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-08-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5763\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">When you get the opportunity to stroke a royal horse ... <\/p><\/div>\n<dl id=\"attachment_5765\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 445px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5765 \" title=\"UK-London-2-10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/UK-London-2-10.jpg 435w, 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