Piper Tours

14/06/2025

To anyone who enjoyed the music at today's Trooping the Colour, you can support the bands of the Guards regiments at one of their summer recitals next Monday 23rd June. An open air concert of swing, jazz and rock by British, American and Allied composers to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE day, performed by a "Big Band" made up of world class soldier-musicians. It should be wonderful!

Our next Guards Chapel Recital on MONDAY 23 JUNE at 1.10-3pm features the return of the ever-popular Guards Big Band. This long-awaited return of the Guards Big Band promises to be one of the highlights of the Guards Chapel Recital Series concerts and will take place in the open air on Chapel Square.

Jazz Across The Pond: A Big Band Salute to American, British and Allied Nations Composers

In a celebratory VE80 year, join us for an unforgettable afternoon of powerful music and timeless swing, funk and rock as we celebrate the enduring transatlantic bond between the United States, United Kingdom and allied nations through music.

📌 Please note the change of date from Tuesday 24 June to Monday 23 June and there will be two sets, going on until around 3pm. A bar with drinks and refreshments will be available and please arrive early to get a seat!



The Army in London - HQ London District
The Royal Corps of Army Music
Band of the Grenadier Guards
Band of the Coldstream Guards
Band of the Scots Guards
Band of the Irish Guards
Band of the Welsh Guards
British Army

24/05/2025

What football means to Londoners!!! Tottenham hotspur just won their first cup in 17 years ( the UEFA Europa League). As I live in Arsenal territory I kept my head down and my mouth shut! If you are visiting London and what to take a really good stadium tour, Tottenham, Arsenal and Chelsea are all worth a visit

19/05/2025

The most adorable public service advert I have seen in a long time!

14/05/2025

This is an important opportunity to share your views on the planned memorial to HM Queen Elizabeth II. Click on the "Finalists Gallery" button to be taken to the 5 shortlisted ideas and the feedback form.

This is going to be bang in the centre of St James' Park and so will shape our experience of central royal and political Westminster as much as the Victoria memorial, gardens and dominion gates in front of Buckingham Palace did at the start of the 20th century. It is a massive opportunity and one deeply I hope we get right!

The Queen Elizabeth II National Memorial Masterplan Design Competition is an open search for an exceptionally dedicated and inspired multidisciplinary team to create a landmark memorial masterplan of outstanding aesthetic quality that celebrates and honours Queen Elizabeth II. 

07/05/2025

The cenotaph symbolises our commemorations of VE day tomorrow

The Cenotaph stands draped in flags, just as it did on VE Day 1945. 🇬🇧

Today, we pay tribute to the Greatest Generation whose courage secured the freedom and prosperity our Armed Forces protect today.

On , we honour their legacy and remind future generations of the cost of their sacrifice.

05/05/2025

Look out for this special tribute this week!

17/07/2024

That's the gorgeous Diamond Jubilee State Coach, which can be seen at the Royal Mews. It's not just a work of exquisite craftsmanship, but a secret vessel of this nation's history, with materials from historically significant events and places incorporated within.
eg slivers of wood from the Mary Rose, Sir Isaac Newton's apple tree and one of the code-breaking huts at Bletchley Park are incorporated in the panelling!

10/07/2024

Everyone seems to know the score,
They've seen it all before,
They just know, they're so sure
That England's gonna throw it away, gonna blow it away
But I know they can play.

'Cause I remember three lions on a shirt!
Jules Rimet still gleaming,
Thirty years of hurt
Never stopped me dreaming

So many jokes, so many sneers,
But all those 'oh so nears'
Wear you down, through the years,
But I still see that tackle by Moore
And when Lineker scored,
Bobby belting the ball
And Nobby dancing.

Three lions on a shirt!
Jules Rimet still gleaming,
Thirty years of hurt
Never stopped me dreaming.

I know that was then, but it could be again..

It's coming home,
​It's coming home, it's coming,
Football's coming home.

It's coming home
It's coming home
It's coming
Football's coming home

(The anthem was written in 1996 - 30 years after England won the World Cup in 1966. It is now "58 years of hurt......")

04/07/2024

Is anyone not in floods of tears?
Sir Andy Murray, tennis legend, one of the 4 with Federer, Nadal and Djokovic who took the game to new heights, and a tower of strength to British tennis, specifically, and sport in general. He has more matches to play, but Wimbledon has paid its respects to a master, and true fan of the game.

04/07/2024

Gorgeous summer wild flowers at Hampton Court Palace! Historic Royal Palaces are looking after our honey bees

26/06/2024

Life of a guide! Yes it's stupid-o'clock early, but at least it's not hot (we are having a mini hot spell of 28C)
It's Viking cruises by the way, they get the best mooring in London at Greenwich!

16/06/2024

Princess Anne's face says it all! For 10 mins the heavens opened like a monsoon, then the rain stopped. Nothing more British than the sea of brollys as the spectators followed down the Mall to the Palace for the fly past. At least none of the soldiers fainted of heat stroke this year!