{"id":246441,"date":"2025-07-07T23:05:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T23:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/246441\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T23:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T23:05:18","slug":"royal-family-celebrates-pride-month-as-military-band-plays-pink-pony-club-outside-buckingham-palace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/246441\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Family Celebrates Pride Month As Military Band Plays &#8216;Pink Pony Club&#8217; Outside Buckingham Palace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"anchor-28e19c\" class=\"body-graf\">It was a day of celebration at Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-c7e5c4\" class=\"body-graf\">In video shared by the British royal family&#8217;s official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DLuBjKtMS5k\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram <\/a>account, the Coldstream Guards are seen performing Chappell Roan&#8217;s hit song &#8220;Pink Pony Club&#8221; during a Pride Month celebration. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-5b016b\" class=\"body-graf\">&#8220;Happy Pride!&#8221; the caption reads, which also includes a rainbow, disco ball and twinkle emoji.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-080d1e\" class=\"body-graf\">The Army in London and British Army Music accounts are also tagged in the post. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-53725f\" class=\"body-graf\">The song sounds like straight out of a \u201cBridgerton\u201d soundtrack as the band performs the verses and then goes straight into the catchy chorus. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-0edc1e\" class=\"body-graf\">People in the comments section showed their support, expressing how happy they were that the royal family was supporting Pride. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-1703e7\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cOur royals support ALL our people,\u201d one person commented, while another added, \u201cWe stan a royal ally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-df3e6a\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cLove has no boundaries\u2026 love is love!\u201d one person wrote. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-650d48\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cLove this so much. Thank you your Majesties. True leaders. Just one of many reasons I love our King and Royal Family,\u201d another added. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-b9fdb8\" class=\"body-graf\">Meanwhile, one person really enjoyed the band\u2019s interpretation of the popular song, commenting, \u201cThis song translates really well to this style of brass band, something about the rhythm and the staccato nature of the \u2018I\u2019m-gonna-keep-on-dancing-at-the\u2019 sounds just like a marching band.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-d817e5\" class=\"body-graf\">While Pride Month is celebrated in June in the U.K., as well as the U.S., the <a href=\"https:\/\/prideinlondon.org\/pride\/2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pride in London Parade<\/a> took place on Saturday, July 5. The event brings together 500 groups, including LGBTQ+ community organizations, partners, business and more, according to the parade&#8217;s website. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-95f09b\" class=\"body-graf\">Additionally, on <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/AHZ9P7tNJ3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook,<\/a> the Army in London shared a video of the Royal Corps of Army Music leading the armed forces in a rendition of \u201cDancing Queen\u201d by ABBA.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-f128f2\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">\u201cIn preparation for this celebration of 25 years of inclusiveness and diversity for serving personnel the Bands have been performing Pride themed music all week during their support of Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace,\u201d the Facebook post read. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a day of celebration at Buckingham Palace. 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