The Windsor housewife who got a royal guard on the way home from her shopping trip

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Carrying her bags through Windsor Great park, the woman was greeted by a royal guard on the Long Walk.

The guards, who are carrying out rehearsals ahead of next week's Queen's Birthday parade next Saturday, didn't seem to notice the passerby.

In practice: The Coldstream guards carry out their rehearsals in Windsor ahead of the Queen's Birthday Parade next week as a woman walks by with her shopping

Although Her Majesty celebrated her actual birthday in April, royal tradition dictates she has two with an official birthday in early June.

This takes place on the second Saturday of the month and is when the Trooping the Colour parade takes place which involves about 1000 soldiers, 300 musicians and 200 horses.

The Long Walk starts at the gates of Windsor Castle and follows a straight road finishing at the Copper Horse Statue, a Statue of King George III on horse back, on Snow Hill.