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Photograph showing Queen Elizabeth II, Colonel in Chief, Grenadier Guards, being introduced to Regimental Headquarters Staff at a Garden Party in Burton’s Court in Chelsea for the 2nd Battalion, 7th June 1984. The Queen is introduced to some of the non-commissioned officers, wearing their scarlet tunics and peaked caps, by Col Andrew Duncan, who wears his dark blue undress frock coat and crimson belt. The wife of one of the soldiers is also in the line to be introduced, as are some In-Pensioners from the Royal Hospital Chelsea, distinguished by their tricorne hats. Some trees and a tent can be seen in the background They are named as (from left to right): WO2 J G Southern, Master Tailor; Sjt J S Durrant, Clerk; Sjt K V Hall, Clerk; Mrs Hawkings; Sjt G D Hawkings, Records NCO; HM; In Pensioners; Col Andrew Duncan. From an album of 63 photographs of the Grenadier Guards showing parades, training, Royal inspections and group images, taken in Germany, Cyprus and the UK, 1980-89.