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Colonels-in-chief are appointed at the invitation of the regiment. While it is traditional for a royal personage to hold the position, it is at the discretion of each regiment whom they invite.
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By the late 19th century the designation could be given to the children of royalty; there are pictures of the daughters of
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Some armed forces take a light-hearted approach to the position, appointing animals or characters as colonel-in-chief. The
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carried the title to an extreme, holding it in dozens of German and (by diplomatic courtesy) Austro-Hungarian (called
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In the past non-royal persons have held, or been invited to hold, the post of colonel-in-chief. The
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The position of colonel-in-chief is distinct from the other ceremonial regimental posts of
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52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland โ€” The Princess Royal
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The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcesters and Foresters, and Staffords)
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instead of a colonel-in-chief, but the posts are essentially the same.
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51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland โ€” The King
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Women in the Royal Navy โ€” The Princess Royal (styled Chief Commandant)
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The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)
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Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)
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The Royal Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot)
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Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland โ€” The King
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The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)
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501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force
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Corps of Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
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The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)
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7th Battalion โ€” The Duchess of Gloucester (Royal Colonel)
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600 (City of London) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force
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5th Battalion โ€” The Duchess of Edinburgh (Royal Colonel)
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Tuanku Muhriz, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
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Tuanku Muhriz, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan
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The Queen's Royal Hussars (Queen's Own and Royal Irish)
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6th Battalion โ€” The Duke of Gloucester (Royal Colonel)
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The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)
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2nd Battalion โ€” The Duke of Edinburgh (Royal Colonel)
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However, one foreign monarch holds the position: 1249:โ€” Princess Alexandra (styled Air Chief Commandant) 996:Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 817:3rd Battalion โ€” Princess Alexandra (Royal Colonel) 614:The Duchess of Edinburgh (Royal Honorary Colonel) 2049:Royal Service Corps โ€” His Royal Highness Sultan 1817:Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) 1695:Monarchy of Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces 984:The Duke of Gloucester (Deputy Colonel-in-Chief) 811:1st Battalion โ€” The Duke of Kent (Royal Colonel) 2065:Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Corps 1784:Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada 1247:Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service 1204:Royal Air Force (styled Honorary Air Commodore) 963:The Duke of Gloucester (Royal Honorary Colonel) 949:Prince Michael of Kent (Royal Honorary Colonel) 707:The Duke of Edinburgh (Colonel of the Regiment) 682:The Princess of Wales (Colonel of the Regiment) 671:The Duke of Edinburgh (Colonel of the Regiment) 2377: 2375: 600:The Duke of Edinburgh (Royal Honorary Colonel) 2462:Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company 1010:The Duchess of Kent (Deputy Colonel-in-Chief) 981:The Duchess of Kent (Deputy Colonel-in-Chief) 955:Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) 693:The Prince of Wales (Colonel of the Regiment) 8: 1847:Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) 725:The Princess Royal (Deputy Colonel-in-Chief) 481:The Princess Royal (Colonel of the Regiment) 2519:The Royal New Zealand Artillery Association 2254:New Zealand Army Physical Training Corps โ€” 2233:Royal New Zealand Army Educational Corps โ€” 1766:Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 988:10 The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment 304:. 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Index

Colonel-in-Chief
Commander-in-chief
Colonel of the Regiment
regiment
Commonwealth
patron
Norwegian Army
penguin
Nils Olav

adding to it
regiment
Prussia
Frederick II
German
Garde du Corps
Russian Czar
Nicholas II
German Kaiser
Wilhelm II
Inhaber
regiment
patron
artillery
captain-general
colonel of the regiment
honorary colonel
British Army
British royal family
Abdullah II of Jordan

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