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Duchess of Cambridge lined up to become colonel-in-chief of Army regiment

  • 29-05-2011 5:40pm
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    Batsy
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    As the wife of a man serving in the RAF, Catherine Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, already has a life involving the military.

    But now she is being lined up to become honorary colonel-in-chief of a British Army regiment.

    It is tradition for members of the Royal Family to become honorary colonels-in-chief of an Army regment. Catherine's husband, Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, is honorary colonel-in-chief of the Irish Guards, and he wore the red ceremonial uniform of the Irish Guards during his wedding and will wear it again when he leads the regiment on horseback at this year's Trooping the Colour.

    And regiments enjoy having a Royal as their honorary colonel-in-chief as it brings them prestige and attention. For this reason, regiments are vying with each other to have the beautiful, young future Queen as their honorary colonel-in-chief.

    A possibility is that Catherine could become the colonel-in-chief of one of the regiments associated with her husband's mother.

    Diana, Princess of Wales was the colonel-in-chief of the Light Dragoons. Her position is currently held by King Abdullah of Jordan, but he may be willing to relinquish the role.

    Read the article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/8544130/Kate-Middleton-provokes-battle-between-Army-regiments.html


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