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Spanish Guardia Civil officers attend Queen's Birthday parade in Gibraltar

Monday, June 15th 2015 - 06:37 UTC
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Two uniformed Spanish Guardia Civil officers attended the Queen’s Birthday Parade in Gibraltar, in a development that is unprecedented in recent times.
Spanish law enforcement officers are invited by The Convent every year to the event but, on the occasions they have attended in the past, they have done so in civilian clothing. Read full article

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  • Skip

    Paying respects to a foreign sovereign is a sign of respect by visiting soldiers or government officials.

    Jun 15th, 2015 - 10:16 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ilsen

    Deep down, they know who is superior.
    Animal instinct, I guess. They just heeded the call of the pack leader, causing them to throw aside any notions of loyalty and national pride.

    Considering the current calamity that constitutes Spain, I only surprised that they didn't seek political asylum.

    Jun 15th, 2015 - 01:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Conqueror

    For the sake of Her Majesty's Government of Gibraltar, don't invite spanish thugs again. Or only if you have them identified and can put a bullet through their heads as they arrive.

    Jun 15th, 2015 - 04:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    “Queen's Birthday parade in Gibraltar”
    lol
    LOL
    so the bitch´s birthday parade... and in gibraltar. MON DIEU
    must sound great for you, you 3rd class plebs, no?

    bad taste at its most.

    Jun 15th, 2015 - 06:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Skip

    “Queen's Birthday parade in Gibraltar”

    Yep. Not the Spanish Queen either. The rightful Queen, HM Elizabeth II.

    Same Queen as the Falkland Islands.

    What are you going to do about it Paul? Rant and rave? Oooooh scary!!!!!

    Jun 15th, 2015 - 09:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • The Voice

    I love Her Maj, I really do. The Queen of England, respected and admired throughout the world, even in places not occupied by the human race like Argentina… they yearn for a head of state who is like her rather than a head of state who is an international joke like dear Cristina.

    Jun 15th, 2015 - 09:50 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    “The Queen of England, respected and admired throughout the world...”
    lol
    lets see:
    “JNN 19 May 2011 DUBLIN — Clashes between Irish police forces and protestors on Tuesday broke out during the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Dublin, many people were arrested, the Irish Times reported.”

    “Fiji replaces currency images of Queen Elizabeth II with plants, animals”

    respected my ass.

    Jun 15th, 2015 - 10:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • The Voice

    Respected, no… . your ass has been put about too much to be respected, its a tart. ;-)

    Jun 15th, 2015 - 10:37 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Rufus

    @7 Paulie

    Dublin? 21 arrests in a city of half a million people (or a metropolitan area of nearly two million if you prefer). I'd imagine that the Gardaí would have locked up far more than that after chucking out time on an average Friday or Saturday night.

    Fiji - Bearing in mind she hasn't been the Head of State in Fiji for twenty-eight years, this is hardly surprising. What is more surprising is that they kept her on their banknotes for that long after they became a republic.

    Jun 16th, 2015 - 09:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    Troy Tempest, Brasileiro, Voice, CabezaDura2 are all sock puppets of an idiot living in the United States.

    Jun 16th, 2015 - 02:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    paulcedron is just a typicle argy who is jelouse that they can never have a decent well respected

    Jun 16th, 2015 - 07:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • paulcedron

    britonto
    typicle??
    jelouse??
    where the fuck did you lear english??
    at the porko stanley community school?

    and we are talking about your first (AND ONLY) language here....
    B-U-R-R-O

    Jun 16th, 2015 - 09:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    britonto
    typicle??
    jelouse

    Obviously not the same idiocy as you,

    Even a twit with half of a cell would have known it was half finished ant not edited,

    Allow me==

    paulcedron is just a typicle argy who is jelouse that they can never have a decent well respected

    Should have said=
    paulcedron is just a typical argy who is jealous that they can never have a decent well respected
    Queen like we do, alas they are stuck with a plastic one,

    Satisfy you our learned uneducated wise one…lol
    .

    Jun 16th, 2015 - 11:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • aussiesunshinee

    Good news!!

    First Governor Dutton gets the boot...
    and now The Uk Government and Spanish Government agree in sending
    two Civil Guards to HM celebration WITHOUT PICARDO´s knowledge...

    Very interesting indeed...................................ummmmmmmmmmm

    Jun 17th, 2015 - 10:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Andy65

    @ paulcedron Dick Head your just jealous because queen Elizabeth at 89 years old looks younger than The botox queen

    Jun 17th, 2015 - 02:35 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Briton

    Very true...

    Jun 18th, 2015 - 07:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Pete Bog

    “The two officers followed protocol to the letter, saluting along with local and UK military and law enforcement personnel as the Royal Gibraltar Regiment carried out the ceremony.”

    If this is not a sign of respect and instead symbolically some underhand way of disputing sovereignty, it is hard to see how.

    The guys saluted the Queen and being in uniform itself shows respect.

    It makes a change from GC carrying out pirate activities in Gibraltar's waters.

    Any Gibraltarians want to give their opinion?

    Jun 19th, 2015 - 06:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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