The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will brave snowy conditions to celebrate St Patrick’s Day today by attending a parade of the Irish Guards.
William, who is Colonel of the Irish Guards, and heavily pregnant Kate will visit the 1st Battalion at their base in Hounslow, west London.
They will watch 350 soldiers arrive on the Parade Square, where the expectant royal will present the shamrock to officers and warrant officers.
Irish wolfhound Domhnall, who the royals have met before, is expected to lead the procession in his role as mascot.
The regiment will then continue a march-past, with William taking the salute.
It is expected that the festivities will be held in testing conditions, as temperatures plummet towards zero and snowfall makes a surprise return.
The Irish Guards will be well prepared for the downturn, having recently conducted the Changing of the Guard in the heavy snow during Storm Emma.
William and Kate will escape the cold by finishing their visit at the Guardsman’s lunch, where the longest-serving guardsman is to propose a toast to the royals and thank the duchess for presenting the shamrock.
The Duke of Cambridge last year sipped on a pint of Guinness as a nod to the tradition of the day.
The couple are expecting their third child this year.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel