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A royal guard or the palace guard, is a group of military bodyguards, soldiers or armed retainers responsible for the protection of a royal family member, such as a king or queen, or prince or princess.
Name of royal: Branch of service: Rank whilst active: Years of service: Current rank worn: Wartime service: Unit: Military training and qualifications: Medals: Appointments and other roles: Prince Edward, Duke of Kent as Colonel of the Scots Guards (2013) British Army Lieutenant-Colonel: 1955–1976 (Ret'd) [1] Field Marshal and Air Chief ...
There is no field marshal rank in the Royal Marines, although Royal Marine officers may reach full general rank. Due to their modern-day size, the ranks of general and lieutenant-general are not generally used within 3 Commando Brigade or the main Royal Marines, however, the position of commandant general is held by a general. Royal Marines ...
(See: Germanic kingship) [a] The realm of a king is termed a kingdom (sovereign kings are ranked above vassal kings). The female equivalent of a king is a queen regnant , and a consort is queen consort , from the Germanic *kwoeniz , or *kwenon , "wife"; cognate of Greek γυνή, gynē , "woman"; from PIE *gʷḗn , "woman".
The Royal Marines, as the descendant of the old Army marine regiments of the 17th and 18th centuries, were included in the Order of Precedence after the descendant of the 49th Foot (the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry (RGBWLI)), which was the last line regiment of foot formed prior to the formation of the Royal ...
The colonel of the Royal Regiment of Scotland has said his soldiers were “proud” to provide a guard of honour alongside the Royal Company of Archers as the Queen’s coffin was taken to St ...
The Royal Arms within a wreath is the badge of rank for a conductor, the most senior of all WO1 appointments, confined to the Royal Logistic Corps and held by fewer than twenty people as of 2004. From 1938, there was also a rank of warrant officer class III.
The Life Guards and the Blues and Royals, locked in a rivalry stretching back to the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660, each put forward six challengers to compete for eight places at the ...