Guarding The Queen

Guarding the Queen is an ITV documentary series about the Grenadier Guards as cameras are allowed behind-the-scenes at the Royal Palaces for the first time. The series reveals the enormous amount of training and work that goes into a royal ceremony and the cruel reality of war as the Grenadiers go off to Afghanistan and Iraq to fight for their country.

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Status

Ended

Original Name

Guarding The Queen

First Air Date

July 17, 2007

Last Air Date

July 31, 2007

Seasons

Episodes

Language

English

Production Companies

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ITV1

S01E03

Episode 3

The Guards on ceremonial duty are in London practicing for Trooping the Colour alongside their regimental rivals, the Coldstream Guards, while other Grenadiers battle the Taliban in the most dangerous region of Afghanistan, putting in evidence the contrast between the public pageantry and the bitter everyday life at the front.

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