Royal Salute

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The Royal Salute (German: Salute for the King / Queen ) is a special musical tribute by the British military to the British sovereign on festive occasions. The Royal Salute became internationally known for its use in the annual " Trooping the Color " birthday parade .

The Royal Salute is a shortened form of the British national anthem and is rendered upon the arrival of the sovereign at the scene of the ceremony. Individual soldiers have to give the military salute , units of troops or honorary posts who have formed in formation under arms are under the gun.

The command is: Royal Salute - Present Arms! (Royal Salute - Present the rifle!)

In addition to the British monarch himself, the Royal Salute is also paid to the following members of the Royal Family:

• the queen (as the wife of a king)
• the widowed wives of previous monarchs
• the governors general as representatives of the king in those member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations in which the British monarch is head of state.

Internationally there are comparable musical traditions; for example, the US president is greeted with the ceremonial march " Hail to the Chief " or the Bavarian Prime Minister with the " Bavarian parade march ".