It was Commodore Neil Thomas who was on 800 Sqn during the war. I thought his comments were rather inappropriate as the flypast seemed to have as much RN participation as was feasible. If he really did mean what he said then he has forgotten that about a third of the SHAR force were RAF pilots, one of whom scored the highest number of kills.
The commentators were typically inept and totally fouled up the explanations that certain elements were participating to represent the contribution of other units/types. They didn't even manage to associate the Duke of York with his particular aircraft type - something that the average viewer would perhaps find interesting. As usual the Hercules had grown into a "gigantic" and "massive" transporter. They also stated that the single-engined Harrier was not "trustworthy" enough to be allowed to fly over London! Out of curiosity why are Hawks allowed but Harriers aren't? Glide range?
I bet the formation leaders had a wonderful few minutes after being told to delay as the march-past was still going-on. However, the best bit was seeing the comedy marching by the senior officer next to the Duke of York. They were both variously out-of-step with the main RN party and spent ages looking at their feet before the admiral put on a hilarious skipping display to try and get back instep (failing). All live on TV, poor bugger!