(See columns 1 and 2)
(to 10.30)
The State Visit of the President of the French Republic and Madame de Gaulle
At 9.55am
Review of Household Troops on Horse Guards Parade by President de Gaulle
Accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh
The following units will be on parade:
Household Cavalry Regiment; The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery; 3rd Bn. Grenadier Guards; 1st Bn. Coldstream Guards; 1st Bn. Irish Guards; each with its Corps of Drums. Also the Mounted Band of the Royal Horse Guards and the Massed Bands of the Grenadier, Coldstream and Irish Guards.
The scene described by Richard Dimbleby