Photo of the day From the Stripes archives

August 2, 2006

Red Grandy ©Stars and Stripes

London, October 5, 1959: Before going on duty at St. James's Palace, soldiers of the Queen's Guard stand inspection by the adjutant, at center. The guards' lives had recently been made easier by the placement of barriers between them and the public. "It's about time," said one. "We've had enough of that lot. They'd stick pins in you, some of them." Other annoyances included cigarettes tossed into gun barrels and oranges stuck on bayonets.