A Sikh Soldier Became the First to Wear a Turban at Trooping the Colour
A Sikh Coldstream Guards soldier became the first to wear a turban during the Royal Horseguards ceremony Saturday  a move he said he hopes will be a "new change in history.", The soldier, Charanpreet Singh Lall, wore the turban as part of the ceremonies for Trooping the Colour, a parade honoring Queen Elizabeth's birthday. Over 1000 soldiers participated, but Lall was the only one wearing a turban. "I hope that people watching, that they will just acknowledge it and that they will look at it as a new change in history," Lall, 22, told the Press Association. "I hope that more people like me  not just Sikhs but from other religions and different backgrounds  will be encouraged to join the army.", According to the Guardian, Lall was born in India and moved to the United Kingdom when he was a baby. He joined the British Army nearly two and a half years ago. Lall's black turban featured the ceremonial cap star, to match his fellow soldiers' bearskin hats. "It is a good feeling," Lall said before the event. "There's going to be a lot of eyes and I am going to have an influence on other people.", Correction The original version of this story misstated the name of a branch of the British Armed Forces. It is the British Army, not the Royal Army.