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He was always a 'hands on' kind of leader
Prince Phillip Reviews the Troops
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Funny, I thought that was Prince Charles...
Also, looks like there is a Canadian at the far left side of the line up - looks like a CF wedge with an Air Force badge on it...
Also, looks like there is a Canadian at the far left side of the line up - looks like a CF wedge with an Air Force badge on it...
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Egads... you're right. Darn puttees are too loose again...
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OK, OK, so he was only my Col-in-Chief for 8 years...
Here's my only Prince Charles story. Edinburgh... 1982... public duties battalion. I was duty officer at Hollyrood Palace/ Edinburgh Castle. One of the jobs of the duty officer is to have dinner with any Royal Family member if they're in residence at Hollyrood. Charles was there, so I was supposed to go have dinner with him, but managed to escape due to another 'pressing' commitment elsewhere. My replacement - another subaltern who shall remain nameless - went down for dinner with him wearing No. 2 service dress (equivalent of DEU) when he should have worn No. 1 dress blues. He sits next to Charles who asks him "I thought you were supposed to be wearing No. 1 dress?", to which the subaltern replies "We only wear that on special occasions, Sir".
We had an Adjutant with a sense of humour who like to dole out extras in bunches of 10, so the subbie in question got 20 extras - to be served on weekends - wearing No. 1 Dress.
Here's my only Prince Charles story. Edinburgh... 1982... public duties battalion. I was duty officer at Hollyrood Palace/ Edinburgh Castle. One of the jobs of the duty officer is to have dinner with any Royal Family member if they're in residence at Hollyrood. Charles was there, so I was supposed to go have dinner with him, but managed to escape due to another 'pressing' commitment elsewhere. My replacement - another subaltern who shall remain nameless - went down for dinner with him wearing No. 2 service dress (equivalent of DEU) when he should have worn No. 1 dress blues. He sits next to Charles who asks him "I thought you were supposed to be wearing No. 1 dress?", to which the subaltern replies "We only wear that on special occasions, Sir".
We had an Adjutant with a sense of humour who like to dole out extras in bunches of 10, so the subbie in question got 20 extras - to be served on weekends - wearing No. 1 Dress.
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If I wiggle my ears for you, will you wiggle your ****** for me? ;D
Like father like son.
Like father like son.
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Command-Sense-Act 105 said:
The event was a medals parade fpr 9 Regt AAC at Clarence House. As it appears that all on parade were receiving service medals for Afghanistan, he might have been on an exchange posting.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007320053,00.html
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