Princess Kate enjoys a St Patrick’s Day pint of Guinness during Irish Guards visit

The Independent

The Princess of Wales joined in toasting St Patrick’s Day with a celebratory pint of Guinness after being saluted by the Irish Guards during a barracks visit today (17 March).

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00:00I'd like to propose a toast. If you have a drink, stand with me now.

00:18Three cheers for the colonel and the regiment!

00:30Everybody stand out.

00:33Right. Private Harry Robert Shaw, Irish Guards, was killed in the First World War.

00:41His parting words to his sister before leaving England for the front, after recovering from wounds, were,

00:49Buy my friends a drink.

00:52A bequest in his memory received in the year 1986, to be used for fund mine, has enabled the regiment to fulfil this wish.

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