Posted on 07/14/2004 12:53:10 PM PDT by Pyro7480
British Army handout photo of The Queen's Company 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards forming up at the start of the annual Bastille Day Parade on the Champs Elysees in Paris, Wednesday July 14, 2004. The Grenadier Guards were guests of the French Government to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, a treaty of friendship between Britain and France, signed in 1904. It is the first time British troops have led the parade. (AP Photo / PA, British Army /Mike Harvey)
The British household cavalry mounted regiment ride on the Champs Elysee during France's annual Bastille Day military parade, in Paris, July 14, 2004. British military marched alongside French forces this year as part of the 100th anniversary of the 'entente cordiale' a pact of Franco-British friendship. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon
In honour of Bastille Day, the second toast over my glass of gin this evening was for Henri Comte de Paris, Duc de France (the first is always for the Queen). I sincerely hope that he is soon crowned as King Henri VII of France.
Must seem like old times in paris, france. They're used to foreign armies marching through their capital.
Where is Lafayette or Rochambeau? The gratitude of the past has given way to the blastitude of the present. French wine, once highly prized by connosieurs the world over has changed to the bitter French whine - a most unpalatable beverage - preferred by francophile swine. The western hemisphere abounds with such gourmands who will swill anything whole - as long as it comes from across the big puddle and tastes no better than Perrier.
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