Carried away by the whirlwind of the Epstein affair, he had seen his military titles and royal patronages withdrawn at the start of the year.
Prince Andrew must now definitively renounce his status as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, reassigned by King Charles III to Queen Consort Camilla, on Wednesday, December 21.
This British military regiment had initially requested that Kate Middleton take over, but the monarch decided otherwise, the royal palace said.
Buckingham has indeed announced that the sovereign has distributed new distinctions to his entourage.
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Kate Middleton has for her part inherited a title of nobility hitherto held by Prince William: she becomes honorary colonel of the Irish Guard, an Irish infantry regiment of the British army.
Prince William, for his part, received the title of colonel of the Welsh Guards, a regiment created in 1915.
In addition to this waltz of titles of nobility, Buckingham Palace has announced that the annual Trooping the Color parade, which celebrates the monarch's birthday, will take place on June 17, 2023. And this, despite the fact that King Charles III was born in November .
A decision which would have been taken to guarantee a more lenient weather, Elizabeth II having also taken the habit of celebrating this event on a date other than that of her birthday.
The parade will also take place six weeks after the sovereign's coronation.
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