Her Majesty Queen Camilla is presenting five Buchan Medals to serving and retired Royal Lancers at the base in Catterick Garrison, and during the royal event she has paid a touching tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.
For the event, which was Camilla’s first visit to the regiment since being appointed as Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Lancers, she wore a beautiful blue outfit with gold buttons designed by Fiona Clare. It was modelled on the Lancers uniform, with a bright red mandarin collar and chain mail on the shoulders.
A special brooch – the Royal Lancers brooch, which once belonged to Queen Elizabeth II, was worn on Camilla’s hat in a touching nod to the late reigning monarch.
Camilla’s appointment follows a long Royal history with the Regiment because Queen Elizabeth was appointed Colonel in Chief of the 16th/5th Lancers by her father on her 21st birthday, April 21, 1947.
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