
RFA Lyme Bay arrives in Gibraltar after more than a year away on mammoth deployment
The UK's Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship earlier this month played the 'bad guy' in one of West Africa's biggest naval exercises.
The UK's Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship earlier this month played the 'bad guy' in one of West Africa's biggest naval exercises.
The issue arose as the Foreign Secretary was heckled by MPs while he defended the decision to give up UK control over the Chagos Islands.
The parade also signified 320 years since the Marines were involved in the siege of Gibraltar.
More than 30 aircraft are due to take to the skies above the crowds on The Mall and over Buckingham Palace.
Royal Navy warship HMS Richmond has taken over from the Type 45 destroyer in the Red Sea.
Officers have returned to the Town Range car park where they carried out previous investigations last year.
PM Rishi Sunak redirected RFA Argus and RFA Lyme Bay to the eastern Mediterranean, with the pair previously set to deploy to Oman.
Royal Navy Rating Parkes was last seen in December 1986, when the ship he was serving on was docked in Gibraltar.
The annual event is partly modelled on the Trooping the Colour at Horse Guards in London,
Five team members took turns to ascend once from the bottom to the top of the Mediterranean Steps in Gibraltar.
From the sound of chains dragging on the ground to the smell of lavender in an abandoned building.
HMS Scott's Twitter account posted a video showing the ship arriving at The Rock and said it was "good to be back".
Remarkable footage of the levanter cloud over the Rock was captured from near the runway at RAF Gibraltar.
Alongside her sister boat HMS Cutlass, the boat will patrol territorial waters around Gibraltar and support UK defence exercises.
Throughout their visit, Their Royal Highnesses have been celebrating the Queen's 70 years of service with the people of Gibraltar.
The Earl and Countess of Wessex visited the British Overseas Territory to mark the events.