The SAS get all the publicity, film star treatment,etc, the SBS boys just quitely go about their buisness.
Actually theres a lot of cross pollination between the two these days, far more than used to be the case.
I agree, knew loads of Royals with no parachute wings, one of my oldest friends is an ex 22 year warrent officer Bootneck, you wouldn't catch him dangling from a bed sheet
I had a similar encounter in an Aldershot pub called The Seven Stars, and , I admit , I saw at least seven. But, again, thre of us, outnumbered by about 2/1 by the maroon machine