So proud that my mum, Maggie Whitbread, & I are receiving the Freedom of the Borough of Thurrock—the highest community honour. From teacher & leader to mum & coach, she shaped my journey to becoming a World & European champ, world record holder & triple Olympian. 🙌❤️
It’s incredibly disappointing to find a crop you have been tending to all year, trashed just before harvest! How can people be so selfish 🌾🚙💨! #harvest25
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest English.
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!
Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument:
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,
Whose limbs were made in England, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'
For the 3rd time in history, a non-UK unit will mount the King’s Life Guard. From July 11–21, Canada’s own Lord Strathcona’s Horse (Royal Canadians), will stand guard in London, coincidentally marking 125 years of service.
#LdSHRC#KingsLifeGuard