Under an “scorching sun” and with the rumbling of salvas, After 11.30 am on Sunday, the Royal Guard has announced to the hundreds of people who had taken their positions at the Paseo de la Vega de Toledo, from the beginning of the flag swear, with which it has concluded The program that this body has developed for a week in the regional capital and in several municipalities of the province.
The Royal Guard, QEU is responsible for the security of the royal family and the heads of state visiting Spainhe dressed With his ‘best galas’ to show his proximity to citizens and thank Toledo to have allowed them to occupy the hinge door as a scenario for this celebration.
The head of the military room of the King’s house, Eduardo says Monjewho has taken the floor on behalf of this body, has affirmed that the Hinge Puerta, «It has become one day in the Plaza de Armas of Spain, In which we have waved our flag and moved our affection to this city, in which I feel toledo «, the commander has reiterated, to highlight that «This act is a gesture that shows union links that there is between Toledo and the Royal Guard «.
Flag and tribute swear to the fallen
Says Monje He has expressed the great affection that this city inspires him, «The one who saw me grow, mature as a person And the one that allowed me to train as a military, “he said. »I presume to know Toledo, as if I had been born here and honors me to greet the civil and military authorities, as well as my countrymen gathered around this beautiful scenario,” said the high command.
After this intervention, The swearing or promise of about 200 people has been held, What have wanted to seal your loyalty to Spainkissing the national teaching. “That commitment to Spain is not only fulfilled by wearing uniform, but also with the effort in daily work, exercising as a good citizen and transmitting to the Toledo, our values and history,” said Colonel Pablo Álvarez de Toledo, who has thanked the high positions of the Toledo Infantry Academy of Infantry of Toledo all the support they have received throughout the province.
After the swearing, A tribute has been paid for «all the fallen, Those who gave their lives for Spain «, with the song ‘Prayer touch’, performed by the Royal Guard Orchestra.
The audience has supported the words of the military command with a closed ovation, while many of the assistant have recognized that this ceremony “has filled us with joy” and “we are here to show them the admiration we feel for this body,” said Josefina Martín, who has arrived in Toledo since the Puebla de Montalbán. Her husband, José María, has said that the presence of the Royal Guard has allowed them to know, a little more, the missions and their reason for being.
«Example of love for Spain»
He Mayor of Toledo, Carlos Velázquez, He thanked the Royal Guard that Toledo and his province have chosen to develop their annual exercise and stressed that they are “A group of military at the height of the best values represented by the Spanish Army,” while stressed that the unity of Spain “today has been strongly recognized in the city of Toledo with more than 200 toledo who wanted to swear or promise fidelity to the flag.”
In this sense, the mayor of Toledo has indicated that the Toledo have turned this weekend to receive the Royal Guard in a parade “as it has rarely seen in the city, not only by the military, but also accompanied by the dogs of the Royal Guard, by the horses, by the cars, by the cannons”, which has assumed, he assured, “a weekend of military culture that began last Tuesday with the last Tuesday. in the Alcazar; the flowered parade in the Town Hall Square and the Pontifical Mass in the Primada Cathedral ».
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