The Prince of Wales, handed out symbolic leeks to the soldier’s families to commemorate the day of national celebration for Wales.

He also praised them as a ‘formidable group of soldiers’, expressing his father’s ‘fierce pride and admiration’ for the Welsh Guards.

He said: ‘I am both honoured and delighted to be standing here in front of you today as your new Colonel.

‘At the same time, I’m sorry that my father couldn’t be here with us here today to say farewell, but I know he would talk of his fierce pride and admiration for you all, and of his own sadness to be moving on from an appointment he held so dear since 1975.The Welsh Guards have always been a formidable group of soldiers; raised for war in 1915, then leading the way on operations ever since.’

He also recalled that his memories with The Welsh Guards Sniper Platoon Salisbury Plain are ‘some of my best’ and added: ‘Another key milestone in my life was also shared with the Welsh Guards, this time in the Jungles of Belize as I received my A-Level results over the Bowman Radio…The Welsh Guards have always been a formidable group of soldiers; raised for war in 1915, then leading the way on operations ever since.’

He also recalled that his memories with The Welsh Guards Sniper Platoon Salisbury Plain are ‘some of my best’ and added: ‘Another key milestone in my life was also shared with the Welsh Guards, this time in the Jungles of Belize as I received my A-Level results over the Bowman Radio…

The Prince and Princess went on to meet many of the families of the Welsh Guardsmen, as well as men and women from the Australian Army who are based in the UK to help train Ukrainian soldiers.

Kate was presented with a bouquet of flowers from Royal fan seven-year-old Elsi-Haf Cunningham, who was wearing traditional Welsh dress while her father took part in the parade.Read more@  https://tinyurl.com/mw4pjnrw