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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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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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Index

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
The Light Dragoons

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