Quote Originally Posted by Regimental View Post
I’ve never seen any credible evidence of the mirrors on sticks approach, and it seems most unlikely that that level of effort would be gone to, to be honest (I’m not even sure how effective a small mirror would actually be!). The “prove” command seems more realistic if checks were actually to be made.
My father was in the Irish Guards during WW2. He told us kilts were not worn for that period but he was posted to Buckingham Palace (which he called ‘Buck House’) - I don’t know how often. He said that there was a mirror set into the ‘Guard Room’ floor.