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Topical Budget 614-2: Trooping The Colour (1923)
 

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Trooping the Colour, the formalised ceremonial reinforcing the image of monarchical rule, was an inevitable newsreel favourite. It occurred regularly each year, it encapsulated a popular, traditional image of Britain, and the newsreels could never resist a parade.

Luke McKernan

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Topical Budget: British Identity and the Empire