Founder’s Day Parade at the Royal Hospital Chelsea today and nine lucky Year 8 students, are attending! The students, dressed in their ceremonial Blues uniforms, have been chosen for their marching skills for this annual event, with His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh reviewing the Parade of the Chelsea Pensioners. The Parade remembers King Charles II who issued a Royal Warrant for the foundation of the hospital and commissioned Sir Christopher Wren to design it. It is also known as Oak Apple Day, the oak leaves symbolising King Charles’ escape after the Battle of Worcester in 1651 when he hid in an oak tree.