Defending the pope: behind the Swiss Guards’ armour

It takes over an hour to don the colourful uniform of the pope’s Swiss Guards, and new recruits soon discover they cannot buckle up armour weighing 15 kilogrammes by themselves. Jeremy and Paul, whose surnames cannot be published for security reasons, will soon be sworn in as guards at the Vatican, joining an ancient, prestigious […]

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