Ah, but Mummy is the Boss of us :ok:

A fair few medals for a few weeks at Lympstone:
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Please DO NOT start on HRH The Princess Royal. She is probably the hardest working of the Royals, and is Patron or whatever of about 650 organisations, Royal Colonel of a number of regiments, and a "good egg" to boot. Visited an organisation of which I was effectively Ch Exec a number of times and impressive every time, as was the Admiral, her husband. Rant over!

Lymp what?

Wot is his cap badge - does not look like RN?

Women's Auxiliary Baloon Corps?

I'll ask him next time I pop in to see him.

Commodore in Chief, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, I suggest.

Letters R F A visible in the circlet, if you zoom in.

I believe the uniform above is that of Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

You beat me to it MPN11 :ok:

HRH is also Honorary Air Commodore Royal Air Force Waddington

Back to CV. I doubt very much if she asked for either uniform or rank. Someone with clout must have made the suggestion and she probably felt it would be churlish to refuse.

A vowel please maám.

Wander00 wrote

Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. See following for Orders, Decorations and Medals.

Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

None of Prince Edward's medals are specifically military awards, although they can all be worn by military, as well as civilian recipients

His medal haul for his short period of military service was zero (as I'm sure you knew).

My only moan at Princess Anne is she will insist on those bloody awful uniform trousers. I stopped a female RN officer in Tesco's recently and complemented her on her very smart appearance, including skirt. She agreed that the skirt looks a lot smarter than the strides. Got a bollocking from Mrs TTN later, but it was worth it ;)

TEEJ - thanks, can see it now

Well, obviously - had she been an RAF officer you'd have been in Waitrose ;)

Unlikely if she was based at Culdrose - nearest Waitrose is at Saltash which is 65 miles away. Waitrose knows we're all too skint in Cornwall to be bothered opening down here!

But I take your point!

There doesn't seem to have been the same issues when Gp Capt Sir Chris Hoy was given the same role in 2013.......:confused:

They should give them all honorary wings too; if they're going to do it they might as well give them a few more badges.

Chat, recontrer les pigeons :}

I wasn't aware that there were so many precedents.
Other than the royals, I'd missed those honorary appointments.

I seem to recall a certain prime minister who held the appointment between 1940 and 1945 who was fond of wearing light blue, dark blue or green uniform as he felt necessary.

Martin the Martian

He had actually done time in the front line as a commissioned officer (highest rank was Lt Col) though and was an honorary Air Commodore of one of the Aux AF Squadrons (plus no doubt was involved with honorary positions in other services).