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A Canadian captain made history Monday by becoming the first female infantry officer to lead the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London. Megan Couto led her unit —the Second ...

Capt Megan Couto leads 40 Canadian soldiers through changing of the guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace A Canadian soldier has become the first female infantry officer to command troops guarding the ...

Editor’s note: A previous version of this story stated Couto was the first female officer to command the Queen’s Guard. Couto is in fact the first female infantry officer to do so, not first woman to ...

On Monday, Capt. Megan Couto of the Second Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, became the first woman to command the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. It’s an historic ...

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UPDATE: Canadian soldier from Etobicoke first female infantry officer to command Queen’s Guard Capt. Megan Couto, 24, led her unit as part of Changing of the Guard ceremony in London.