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And no one’s busby fell off. 
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She was the Queen after all. 
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I believe it’s called a Bearskin; a Busby is similar but different: Bearskin - Wikipedia. Sorry, but I’m somewhat aspergerish that way 
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When I saw the video earlier, all I could think was, “Is this real?” because coming from Buckingham Palace, it’s rather… unexpected.
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Here they are doing their bit to help England win the World Cup (we didn’t).
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Is this the whitest possible tribute? I applaud, politely.
@TheGreatParis That is a super cool sequence, but I do wonder just how horribly dangerous it was to pull off back in 1933? Neon tubes, trailing wires, darkness, dancers. 
@GagHalfrunt I do love that “Three Lions” just sounds so defeatist. I’m no good at the musical stuff; but is that minor cord?
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Since they felt it appropriate to tack their recruitment advertising on the end, I feel it’s appropriate to point out they are one of the few armies in the world that accepts (and actively targets) 16-year-old recruits.
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It’s about how the British press always attack the England football team, but the true England fans still believe that they can win.
Compare it with the Scotland song from 1998
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That’s what makes it special, that a culture so removed from the kind of music Aretha Franklin was famous for still has so much high regard for her.
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They target younger people than that. You can join the Army Cadets at 12 years old.
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Plus we now have “Military Preparedness Academies”.
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