{"id":10332,"date":"2026-01-27T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=10332"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:06:08","slug":"civil-war-parade-through-westminster-last-sunday-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/civil-war-parade-through-westminster-last-sunday-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil War Parade through Westminster Last Sunday in January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Photos by Kevin Flude, Charles I, Martyr Parade<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Every year the English Civil War Society commemorates the execution of King Charles I, Martyr, on the last Sunday in January. Charles was executed on January 30th. Please look at my post about the execution here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, I went to the Parade for the second time, and include some photos below. The reenactors met at St James Palace and marched along the Mall to Horseguards Parade. There they assembled, and then a detachment went to the Banqueting House where Charles was lawfully executed\/murdered\/martyred, depending upon your attitude. Here they lay a wreath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles I Martyr?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

He was a tyrant who tried to subvert the rule of Magna Carta and undermined Parliament. Then started a Civil War which killed 85,000. For the numbers behind the Civil War look here.<\/a> So I’m going for lawfully executed, and I might say good riddance, but I don’t believe in the death penalty. By the way, the legal arrangements made for the unprecedented trial of the Head of State, laid the foundations for trials such as those at Nuremberg, and Kosovo. The Prosecutor was a lawyer called John Cook. Please read about him in this excellent book . The Tyrannicide Brief: The story of the man who sent Charles I to the scaffold<\/em>. By Robertson, Geoffrey (2005). Chatto & Windus<\/a>\/Vintage<\/a>. ISBN<\/a> 978-0-09-945919-4<\/bdi><\/a>. Cook is remembered on Wikipedia as ‘Regicide’. But he was a pioneer of legal action against Tyranny. Another hero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the official publicity for Sunday’s Parade, followed by some of my photos. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 25th 2026 Reenactors commemorating the execution of Charles I in Westminster<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pikes at the Palace: English civil war re-enactors to march through London<\/a><\/blockquote>