The Prince and Princess of Wales visit Australian troops

The Prince and Princess of Wales have met with the Australian troops who will participate within the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.
Prince William and Princess Catherine had been at Military Coaching Centre Pirbright at present the place they had been launched to Brigadier Grant Mason, the Head of Australian Defence Employees in London.
The royal couple then met with 28 members of the Australian Defence Drive who're supporting with the ceremonies on the state funeral.

Prince William and Princess Catherine meet with Australian troops who will be involved in the Queen's state funeral.
Prince William and Princess Catherine meet with Australian troops who shall be concerned within the Queen's state funeral.(AP)

The place the Australian troops come from

  • Royal Australian Artillery
  • Royal Australian Engineers
  • Royal Australian Ordinance Corps
  • Royal Australian Infantry
  • Royal Australian Air Drive Reserves
  • Royal Australian Navy
The Prince and Princess additionally met with armed forces from New Zealand and Canada.
The Commonwealth troops are staying at Pirbright forward of the funeral.
The identical facility was used for defence members concerned in The Duke of Edinburgh's funeral and Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee.

Prince William and Princess Catherine meet with Commonwealth troops who will be involved in the Queen's state funeral.
Prince William and Princess Catherine meet with Commonwealth troops who shall be concerned within the Queen's state funeral.(AP)

Prince William meeta with Australian troops who will be involved in the Queen's state funeral.
Prince William meets with Australian troops who shall be concerned within the Queen's state funeral.(AP)

The hyperlink between the Queen and the Australian troops

The late monarch had the next involvement with the contingents:
Royal Australian Navy (RAN): The primary marketing campaign medal that includes Her Majesty The Queen's effigy was issued in 1953 on the Korean Conflict Medal. HMAS Vengeance escorted the Royal Yacht although Australian waters in the course of the Queen's first go to in 1954. In 1986, the Queen honoured the RAN's seventy fifth birthday by dedicating its nationwide memorial in Canberra.

The aircraft carrier HMAS Vengeance. (Photo by Gordon Herbert Short/Fairfax Media).
The plane provider HMAS Vengeance. (Picture by Gordon Herbert Quick/Fairfax Media).(Gordon Herbert Quick/Fairfax Media)

Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery: The Queen was appointed Colonel-in-Chief in 1953.
Royal Australian Military Ordinance Corps: The Queen was appointed Colonel-in-Chief in 1953. Her Majesty selected the design for a Sovereign's Banner for the Corps as a part of her Silver Jubilee in 1977.

FILE - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh travel in a carriage during celebrations for the Silver Jubilee in London, June 7 1977. Queen Elizabeth II, Britains longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, has died. She was 96. Buckingham Palace made the announcement in a statement on Thursday Sept. 8, 2022 (AP Photo, File)
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, journey in a carriage throughout celebrations for the Silver Jubilee.(AP)

Royal Australian Engineers: The Queen assumed the position of Colonel-in-Chief in 1953. The Corps was granted a Sovereign's Banner in the course of the Queen's Silver Jubilee. One custom was the Corps at all times offered the Queen with a dozen roses on her visits to Australia.
Royal Australian Infantry: Her Majesty The Queen was appointed Colonel-in-Chief in 1953.
Royal Australian Air Drive Reserve: Her Majesty The Queen was Air Commodore-in-Chief.
Kate, Princess of Wales reacts with a well-wisher as she and Prince William, view floral tributes left by members of the public, in memory of late Queen Elizabeth II, at the Sandringham Estate, in Norfolk, England, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.
William and Kate meet mourners at Queen's beloved property

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