IT WAS A PERFECT DAY FOR BASKING ON THE BEACH OR RELAXING IN A PARK. BUT YESTERDAY CLEARLY WASN'T IDEAL FOR STANDING PERFECTLY STILL WHILE WEARING A 21lb BEARSKIN HAT, AS THE UNFORTUNATE SCOTS GUARDSMAN FOUND WHEN HE FAINTED AT THE FINAL REHEARSAL FOR NEXT WEEK'S TROOPING THE COLOUR. EVEN PRINCE PHILIP WAS LOOKING A TOUCH HOT AND BOTHERED AS TEMPERATURES IN LONDON HIT 80F. TRADITION DICTATES THAT GUARDS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MOVE THEIR HEADS OR EYES WHILE ON PARADE, SO THE SOLDIERS WERE UNABLE EVEN TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR FALLEN COMRADE'S PLIGHT. THE MOD SAID THE GUARD HAS RECOVERED.
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