Britain | Once more unto the breeches
The murder of a king makes for a most jolly day out
Britons in breeches remember Charles I
|Banqueting House, Whitehall
On a chilly Sunday in the capital, the King’s Army is mustering. A Cavalier in high-topped boots rummages in the boot of his car; another soldier checks his iPhone; a young musketeer in red eats a McMuffin (“sausage and egg”, he confirms, and “not really” period correct).
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Once more unto the breeches”
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