Video: Royal guardsman parade at Buckingham Palace as Diamond Jubilee fever grips London The guardsmen made their way to Horse Guards Parade for the Major General's Parade, while the eager crowds waved flags and cheered. Spectators were already doing their best to dress the part with one group of women from Leeds wearing patterned Union Jack jackets. Two Canadian women came all the way from Hamilton, Ontario, especially for the Diamond Jubilee. "We're raring to go," one of them said.