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
