# Canadian Troops Stand on Guard for the Queen, Led by First Female Officer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 26, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-troops-stand-on-guard-for-the-queen-led-by-first-female-officer/789884 "2017-06-26T03:36:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-troops-stand-on-guard-for-the-queen-led-by-first-female-officer/789884/1 "2017-06-26T03:36:02Z")
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation this July 1st, Her Majesty invited the Canadian Armed Forces to provide the guard for Buckingham Palace. Tomorrow, when Canadian troops will be standing on guard for the Queen, they will be led by Captain Megan Couto of the Princess Patricia Light Infantry. She will be the first woman to command the Soverign’s Guard at Buckingham Palace. The band of the Royal Canadian Artillery will lead the Canadians down the Mall to the Palace. > **[Meet the Canadian woman guarding the Queen | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/queen-s-guard-megan-couto-profile-1.4175779)** > > A Canadian female infantry officer will command the troops guarding the Queen and royal residences in London. Capt. Megan Couto led some 40 Canadian soldiers through the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace on Monday. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-troops-stand-on-guard-for-the-queen-led-by-first-female-officer/789884/2 "2017-06-26T04:44:18Z")
Way to go Canada… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-troops-stand-on-guard-for-the-queen-led-by-first-female-officer/789884/3 "2017-06-26T13:48:56Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > Way to go Canada… Hey ho, way to go O Canada! Congratulations Captain Couto and the Princess Patricia Light Infantry! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-troops-stand-on-guard-for-the-queen-led-by-first-female-officer/789884/4 "2017-06-26T17:44:29Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation this July 1st, Her Majesty invited the Canadian Armed Forces to provide the guard for Buckingham Palace. > > Tomorrow, when Canadian troops will be standing on guard for the Queen, they will be led by Captain Megan Couto of the Princess Patricia’s \*\*Canadian \*\*Light Infantry. > > She will be the first woman to command the Soverign’s Guard at Buckingham Palace. > > The band of the Royal Canadian Artillery will lead the Canadians down the Mall to the Palace. > > [Meet the Canadian woman guarding the Queen | CBC News](http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/world/queen-s-guard-megan-couto-profile-1.4175779) Fixed that for you. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-troops-stand-on-guard-for-the-queen-led-by-first-female-officer/789884/5 "2017-06-26T18:45:35Z")
"The band performed the theme song to Hockey Night in Canada. " No. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-troops-stand-on-guard-for-the-queen-led-by-first-female-officer/789884/6 "2017-06-26T20:04:41Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > Fixed that for you. It doesn’t matter, it’s not allowed. It’s against the rules to edit another’s quote box in any way, so even if you’re helping out, try to resist, please. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-troops-stand-on-guard-for-the-queen-led-by-first-female-officer/789884/7 "2017-06-26T20:32:31Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > It doesn’t matter, it’s not allowed. It’s against the rules to edit another’s quote box in any way, so even if you’re helping out, try to resist, please. No problem, I did consider leaving it, but then Snowboarder Bo repeated it, and given what I do, I couldn’t let our proud VP lose the “Canadian” out of PPCLI. I will try to resist. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-troops-stand-on-guard-for-the-queen-led-by-first-female-officer/789884/8 "2017-06-26T21:30:13Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > "The band performed the theme song to Hockey Night in Canada. " Now _that_ would have been classic! I saw her leading the guard on today’s TV news. Great job, Captain Couto! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-troops-stand-on-guard-for-the-queen-led-by-first-female-officer/789884/9 "2017-06-27T01:47:05Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > Fixed that for you. > [@Poysyn](#): > > No problem, I did consider leaving it, but then Snowboarder Bo repeated it, and given what I do, I couldn’t let our proud VP lose the “Canadian” out of PPCLI. :smack: I knew that, I really did! My apologies to all “Pats” everywhere.