A video of a Royal Guard member playing Bohemian Rhapsody while standing on Buckingham Palace has resurfaced online just days after Queen Elizabeth was put to rest.
The clip is truly amazing and the fact that it's a usually stoic Royal Guard member making the music makes it that much better.
A Royal Guard playing the guitar on top of Buckingham Palace while an incredible song made by some of your countrymen blasts through the air as the UK flag waves elegantly is a truly British moment that is a joy to watch.
Check out the clip below.
It’s probably making the rounds on the internet at the moment because it looks like it could have happened at the Queen’s funeral - which would have been a change in pace to the music that actually played at the funeral.
The performance actually happened in 2019 to celebrate the Bohemian Rhapsody film - a Freddie Mercury biopic - winning two Golden Globes; one for Best Drama Motion Picture and one for Best Actor (Rami Malek’s portrayal of Mercury).
Onlookers at Buckingham Palace that day were treated to a complete performance of the six-minute song. Royal Guards in the Band of the Grenadier Guards pulled all the stops out with a full orchestral arrangement complimenting the guitarist on top of the palace.
A tweet from one lucky person who was there that day captured the start of the royal band’s rendition.
“I’m at Buckingham Palace,” the caption reads. “AND THESE F*CKERS PLAYED BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY!”
The Band of the Grenadier guards has got to be one of the oldest bands in the world. Their website states it was formed over three centuries ago when King Charles II got the throne back after being exiled.
You may have heard their timeless ‘The British Grenadiers March’ before - a song that originated in war times and is still played by the band today.
