King Charles III Puts Prince William in Charge of Prince Harry’s Former Military Unit
usmagazine.comPrince William is now in charge of Prince Harry’s former military unit — by order of their father, King Charles III.“Following His Majesty’s Accession, The King is pleased to announce further military appointments for working Members of the Royal Family,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Friday, August 11. “The new appointments will continue to reflect the close relationship between the Armed Forces and the Royal Family in His Majesty’s reign.”For William, 41, that means he can now add the honorifics of Colonel-in-Chief, The Army Air Corps; Colonel-in-Chief, The Mercian Regiment and Royal Honorary Air Commodore, R.A.F.
Valley, to his list of growing titles as heir apparent. (The Prince of Wales became first in line to the throne after Charles, 74, became monarch upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022.)As Buckingham Palace noted, William is a veteran of the British military, with extensive service in the Royal Air Force in particular — during which he served as a RAF Search and Rescue Pilot from 2010 to 2013.It is William’s new role as Colonel-in-Chief to the Army Air Corps — a position previously held by his father — that now places him in charge of his estranged brother’s old army unit.
Harry, 38, went on multiple tours of Afghanistan during his time in the British military, in which he served as a Forward Air Controller and then as an Apache Pilot in the army.Along with William’s new titles, his wife, Princess Kate, was also bestowed with new military monikers, making her the Commodore-in-Chief, Fleet Air Arm, Colonel-in-Chief, 1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards and Royal Honorary Air Commodore, R.A.F.
Coningsby. (Other royal family members — including Queen Camilla, Prince Edward and Princess Anne —
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