King reshuffles army roles with new duties for William and Kate
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he King has reshuffled army appointments for working members of the royal household because the anniversary of the late Queen’s demise approaches, with three further roles every for the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Charles has taken over eight of his mom’s former honorary posts himself, together with sponsor of the Royal Navy’s warship HMS Queen Elizabeth, and has shared a few of his personal affiliations now he’s King.
His post-accession housekeeping additionally contains handing over two of the disgraced Duke of York’s earlier roles to Kate and the Duchess of Edinburgh.
Kate turns into Commodore-in-Chief of the Fleet Air Arm, whereas Sophie is now Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Irish Regiment – roles held by Andrew earlier than he returned them to the late Queen whereas he confronted a civil sexual assault trial, which he later paid tens of millions to settle.
The princess additionally takes over from her husband William as Royal Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Coningsby, an appointment held since 2008.
And Kate is the brand new Colonel-in-Chief of the first Queen’s Dragoon Guards, often known as the Welsh Cavalry, an obligation which was carried out by her father-in-law Charles when he was the Prince of Wales.
Buckingham Palace mentioned: “Following His Majesty’s accession, the King is pleased to announce further military appointments for working members of the royal family.
“The new appointments will continue to reflect the close relationship between the armed forces and the royal family in His Majesty’s reign.”
The roles spotlight the important thing members of the working royal household who’re supporting the King in his duties.
William has added Colonel-in-Chief of The Mercian Regiment, Colonel-in-Chief of The Army Air Corps and Royal Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Valley to his rising record of army commitments.
He spent three years at RAF Valley in Anglesey, north Wales, as an RAF search and rescue pilot.
The Queen additionally has a brand new appointment, with Camilla turning into patron of The Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, a place held by the late Queen.
Taking on his mom’s duties, Charles, who’s head of the armed forces in addition to head of state, is now Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, The Royal Tank Regiment and The Royal Regiment of Scotland; Captain General of each The Royal Artillery and The Honourable Artillery Company; Royal Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Marham and Air Commodore-in-Chief of RAF Regiment.
The Duke of Edinburgh has adopted in his father Prince Philip’s footsteps to grow to be Colonel-in-Chief of The Queen’s Royal Hussars, which was left vacant when the duke died in 2021.
Edward can also be succeeding his brother Charles as Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Dragoon Guards.
His spouse Sophie has taken on the King’s submit of Royal Colonel of The Queen’s Own Yeomanry.
The Princess Royal has been appointed Deputy Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Regiment of Scotland by the King in recognition of her robust hyperlinks to the nation.
The late Queen’s cousin, the Duke of Gloucester, turns into Air Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, and the Duchess of Gloucester is Colonel-in-Chief of the Adjutant General’s Corps, which had been each held by Elizabeth II.
The late Queen, who died a 12 months in the past subsequent month, held greater than 50 ranks and appointments within the UK and Commonwealth Armed Service.
There are not any positions for the King’s second son the Duke of Sussex, however this isn’t surprising.
Harry, a former solider who served in Afghanistan, will not be a working member of the royal household.
He misplaced his army roles after stepping down as a senior working royal in 2020.
A earlier wave of army appointments was introduced in December.