Royals and the Military

[RoyalProtocol]

The Queen

In The United Kindom Her Majesty The Queen Has extensive Military Titles,
HM is Lord High Admiral of The United Kingdom, and head of the Armes Forces as well as holding MANY honorary military titles: these can be found at

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Titles_and_Honours_of_Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom#Honorary_military_positions

 

[RoyalProtocol]

New Royal Coloncies

Many members of the Royal family have today been granted new military titles including the Duchess of Corwall.

View the official announcement at:

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5054.asp

 

[crisiñaki]

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/402868-post46.html
What uniform is Edward wearing there?
Can he wear it every time or it's just a one-time kind of thing?
As far as I know he didn't finish his military service but it could be an honorary appointment.

Thanks in advance

 

[MOLEY]

HRH is wearing the uniform of Royal Honorary Colonel Royal Wessex Yeomanry an appointment he was given in 2003.

 

[MOLEY]

Yes all royals and non-royals can wear honorary military appointed uniforms at state events and where it says on the invitation. e.g wedding and funerals and royal garden parties etc.

 

[Royal Fan]

What will Harrys Uniform look like when he gets his comission

 

[MOLEY]

http://www.householdcavalry.gvon.com/ceremonial.htm this is his regiment he is joinging there are pics on the website as to styles of uniform he will be seen in, most tourists to lonodn will have seen changing the guard and trooping the colour and these plummed topped uniforms are of the household cavalry.

 

[crisiñaki]

thanks Moley, now I remember Von Schlesian said that Edward was the honorary colonel of his regiment

 

[Skydragon]

Yes all royals and non-royals can wear honorary military appointed uniforms at state events and where it says on the invitation. e.g wedding and funerals and royal garden parties etc.

All ranks have to ask permission to wear their dress uniforms at weddings, funerals etc, except higher ranking officers and of course the royals.
I can't think of any non royals who have been given honorary military ranks and would therefore be entitled to wear a military uniform.

 

[Skydragon]

http://www.householdcavalry.gvon.com/ceremonial.htm this is his regiment he is joinging there are pics on the website as to styles of uniform he will be seen in, most tourists to lonodn will have seen changing the guard and trooping the colour and these plummed topped uniforms are of the household cavalry.

However, as Harry is not in the mounted regiment, he will not be seen, (unless he transfers), in a ceremonial uniform, for some time.
It is only the mounted troop that wears the helmet with the plume.

 

[Royal Fan]

So will he wear a Uniform at say Trooping the Color

 

[Skydragon]

So will he wear a Uniform at say Trooping the Color

He will be in an ordinary 'No. 1 dress' uniform, not Mounted Troop Ceremonial uniform.
Tailored Jacket and Trousers.
Blue cap with scarlet band & piping.
Red Lanyard.
Reddish Tie with Navy stripe.
If he is at the Trooping of the Colour parade.

 

[Royal Fan]

So now Harry we can say is a 2nd Lt in The Blues and Royals

 

[RoyalistRiley]

I think Princess Anne wears a military unitofrm because she is Gold Stick in Waiting ( a ceromonial bodyguard to the Queen) and Colonel of the Blues and Royals

 

[Predrag Panic]

an ineteresting information,
HRH Crown Prince Alexandre II og Serbia, is a captain, not in Serbian Armed Forces, but in UK! becouse, he was there for all of his life.... They came here in 2001. An interesting info also, when he was here, for the first 2 years, his security was from the MI6... his godmother (queen EII) arenged evrything...xex

 

[Predrag Panic]

correction, *of

 

[CIC]

I think The Prince of Orange has got the highest rank (colonel), Prince Carl Philip of Sweden-2nd Lieutnenant, The Prince of Asturias-Commander, The Crownprince of Denmark-Lieutnant-Colonel). I just the only female princess who wear uniform (without Princess Royal) is Princess Astrid of Belgium.

The prince of Orange holds the Rank of Brigadier (Brigade Generaal in Dutch) He has been promoted a few years ago

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Prince Amadeo of Belgium is Second lieutenant of the Regiment Carabiniers Prins Boudewijn - Grenadiers.
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[Muhler]

In The DRF as of December 2014:

QMII is the formal commander in chief, but holds no rank. (She has basic military training from being in the Women's Auxiliary Corps, which no longer exists)
Prince Henrik is general and admiral a la suite in the army, air force and navy.
Frederik is colonel in the army and air force and full captain/commodore in the navy.
Joachim is lieutenant colonel in the army.
Mary is lieutenant in the Army Home Guard
our Marie is the equivalent of lieutenant in the civil defence.

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

With his accession to the throne, the (then) Prince of Orange laid down all his military offices. According to the Netherlands Constitution, the Government comprises of the King and the Ministers. It is not allowed that active military are part of the Government. Reason: military are under supreme command of the Government. It is not logic that the same military are part of a body they are subservient to.

Since then the King, as every former military officer has the right, wears an uniform when it is about an engagement in a military setting. The King has no rank: he is The King. For him a "royal distinctive" was made, showing the orb, the sceptre and the sword-of-state in miniature: see picture. The King with this distinctive: see picture.

 

[Von Schlesian]

On the 16th of June 2012, The Prince of Wales was appointed to the ranks of Admiral of the Fleet, Field Marshal and Marshal of the Royal Air Force in recognition of his support of The Queen in her role as Commander in Chief of the British Armed Forces.

 

[Blog Real]

Monarchs as supreme command of the Armed Forces (and military formation)

In the European parliamentary monarchies, it is a widely observed and shared tradition that future Heads of State develop a military career and, within this framework, receive training of this nature, which varies according to the characteristics of each country, in addition to university education. This practice is based on the fact that, in most cases and under the terms and with the scope established and regulated in the different constitutional texts, they are attributed the supreme command of the Armed Forces.

United Kingdom:
Head of the Armed Forces is the position of the sovereign of the United Kingdom as commander-in-chief of the British Armed Forces. However, supreme military authority has been delegated by the monarch to the Defence Council of the United Kingdom, a body officially charged with the direction and administration of the Armed Forces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_of_the_Armed_Forces

Spain:
The supreme command of the Armed Forces corresponds to the King of Spain, who acts as Captain General of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force and Space.
The king regularly chairs sessions of the National Security Council, the Joint Chiefs of staff and the individual general staffs of each branch of the Armed Forces in his capacity as supreme commander.
All promotions to military rank and positions in the high command of the armed forces are made by Royal decree signed by the king and the minister of defense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Armed_Forces

Denmark:
The position of the Danish monarch as the head of the military is deeply rooted in tradition. While the 1953 constitution does not explicitly designate the monarch as commander-in-chief; it is implicit, given the general provision in article 12 and the more specific wording of article 19 (2).

Norway:
The formal commander-in-chief is King Harald V; however, the de facto supreme decision-making is made by the Cabinet, led by the Prime Minister.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Armed_Forces

Belgium:
Article 167 of the Constitution of Belgium designates the king as the commander-in-chief. In practice, the Chief of Defence is the head and commander of the Belgian Armed Forces. He reports directly to the Minister of Defence and is responsible for advising the Minister, for the implementation of defence policy and for the administration of the department.

Netherlands:
The Constitution of the Netherlands states, in article 97, that "the Government shall have supreme authority over the armed forces". Article 42 defines the Government as the Monarch and the ministers, and that only ministers are responsible for acts of government.

Sweden:
The Monarch (as of present King Carl XVI Gustaf), is still a four-star general and admiral à la suite in the Swedish Army, Navy and Air Force and is by unwritten convention regarded as the foremost representative of the Swedish Armed Forces. The king has, as part of his court, a military staff.

Sources: Wikipédia

 

[Duc_et_Pair]

In the Netherlands the combination of two constitutional articles cause that we seldom see the King in uniform outside military engagements:

Article 42
The Government shall comprise the King and the Ministers.

Article 97
The Government shall have supreme authority over the armed forces.

This article 97 effectively excludes that active military have a seat in Government. Otherwise these military would command themselves. In February 2013 the Prince of Orange requested to lay down all his military assignments foreseeing the Queen's Abdication in April.

On March 7th 2013 the Prince was given the requested discharge "with honours". He ceased to be a Commander in the Royal Navy Reserve (his active assignment). Three honorary commissions a par with his naval rank were laid down as well: Brigadier Guards' Regiment Grenadiers and Rifles, Commodore Royal Air Force and Brigadier Royal Marechaussee (a gendarmerie force).

 

[Mbruno]

Please see a more detailed description of the command structure of the British Armed Forces here .