The Queen is likely about to honor Catherine with another title - Royal Insider

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[Music] catherine duchess of cambridge is likely to become the new colonel of the uk's grenadier guards after the duke of york was axed from the position this month by default the colonel role was returned to the queen after she stripped her second son of his hrh title as well as military and charitable affiliations but senior officials at the organization wanted the duchess of cambridge to take on the position the times reported catherine 40 will be the first appointed female colonel in the regiment's 366 year history if she were to take on the role a senior official in the grenadier guards told the outlet from straw polling through the ranks they would all love it to be catherine we all admire the way she has fitted in and behaved she never seems to put a foot wrong an unnamed military official also told the publication the name of the new colonel was due to have been announced on monday but it was delayed the source said it wasn't the duchess of cambridge but claimed the fact that the announcement was not made means they have been thinking about it the new colonel is decided by the regiment and the queen 95 who took on andrew's role by default the grenadier guards founded in 1656 by king charles ii have participated in practically every major british army operation including the napoleonic crimean boar first and second world wars when his father the duke of edinburgh retired from public life in 2017 prince andrew took on the honorary role with the grenadier guards it was one of the positions that he clung to when he first stepped back from official duties in 2019. however andrew lost his honorary role when he was stripped of his military titles amid a sex assault lawsuit brought by virginia dufrey in the united states ms dufrey claimed she was forced to have sex with a prince as a youngster the charges are categorically denied by the duke of york as a private individual he must now defend himself in u.s courts against allegations of rape and sexual abuse you
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Channel: Royal Insider
Views: 46,442
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Keywords: Colonel, Catherine, Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, the Queen, Queen Elizabeth, honor, title, Grenadier Guards, Royal Insider
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Length: 2min 27sec (147 seconds)
Published: Sun Jan 23 2022
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