Badge of honour for Borehamwood brownies at Jubilee parade

Six girls from 4th Borehamwood Brownies were selected from a national ballot to be part of a youth enclosure during the Trooping the Colour

Brownies may be used to promising to do their best and to serve the Queen and community, but not many get to be part of an official royal parade for Her Majesty.

A lucky group of six girls from 4th Borehamwood Brownies were selected from a national ballot to be part of a youth enclosure during the Trooping the Colour ceremony as part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations last week.

The group, which meets at Borehamwood and Elstree Synagogue, had a front row view among the thousands of dignitaries who descended onto Horse Guards Parade for the event.

They were in a dedicated youth enclosure giving them a prime view of the 1,400 parading soldiers, 200 horses and 400 musicians as well as royals including Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge in a horse-drawn carriage with Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince Louis.

Others in the section from across the country included groups from Girlguiding, The Scout Association, Sea Cadets, Police Cadets, Fire Brigade Cadets, Boys Brigade from Scotland and England, Girls Brigade and the St John’s Ambulance.

The girls also got to march down The Mall in their Brownies uniform waving their flags among VIPs and a police escort to Buckingham Palace where they saw the Queen on the balcony with the rest of the Royal Family.

The group’s Brown Owl, Nicola Faichney, said: “I was nervous but proud of what I and the Brownies achieved.

“The girls and I were really excited and I am glad that in the future we can say we were there.”

Brownie Amelie, age 7, said: “It was fun getting up early to travel to London and I loved seeing Princess Charlotte.

“It would be great to go to her house for tea”