Princess Catherine Receives a New Military Title from King Charles III!

Princess Catherine receives new military title from King Charles. source: Page Six

Princess Catherine receives a new military role from the King on Friday.
The palace announced that the Princess alongside the other eight members of the royal family received a special role from the monarch.
Other members to receive their new jobs include Queen Camilla, Prince William, Prince Edward, Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess Anne, Prince Richard, and Birgitte, the Duchess of Gloucester.

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Princess Catherine adds a new role to her royal resume

Princess Catherine has now more work to do as a royal.

On Friday, Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles III assigned new military roles to nine members of the royal family including the Princess of Wales.

The King himself and other members of the royal family, including Queen Camilla, Prince William, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, Princess Anne, Prince Richard, and Birgitte, the Duchess of Gloucester have also received new additional roles.

The royal update comes a month earlier than the King’s first Accession Day.

The Palace said in its statement,

Princess Catherine — The princess received a new role as the future queen. source: Page Six

“Following His Majesty’s Accession, The King is pleased to announce further military appointments for working Members of the Royal Family,”
“The new appointments will continue to reflect the close relationship between the Armed Forces and the Royal Family in His Majesty’s reign.”

Catherine, 41, now becomes the Commodore-in-Chief of the Fleet Air Arm, Colonel-in-Chief of the 1st Queen’s Dragoon Guards, and Royal Honorary Air Commodore of Royal Air Force Coningsby.

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Princess Catherine and Prince William’s connections to the RAF

The last role is very close to Catherine’s heart as one of her grandfathers served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and worked with the late Prince Philip.

Hello! reported that Captain Peter Middleton flew as a co-pilot with Prince Philip during an aerial tour of South America in 1962.

Princess Catherine’s new role is already connected to her husband Prince William as he flew as an RAF Search and Rescue pilot based at RAF Valley in Anglesey, Wales from 2010 to 2013. The coupe holds other RAF-related appointments as well.

The future king, 41, worked as the Honorary Air Commandant of RAF Coningsby while the future queen is the Honorary Air Commodore of the Air Cadets.

In July, the couple and their three kids, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 8, and Prince Louis, 5, took a field trip to the world’s largest military air show, the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.

The palace also announced that William has been appointed three new roles as the future monarch. The heir to the throne will now be the Colonel-in-Chief, The Mercian Regiment; Colonel-in-Chief, The Army Air Corps; and Royal Honorary Air Commodore, RAF Valley — where he previously flew as a pilot.

Charles who became King after Queen Elizabeth II’s demise last September is also taking on more military roles. He is now Sponsor of the HMS Queen Elizabeth, Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Tank Regiment, Captain General of the Royal Artillery, Captain General of the Honourable Artillery Company, Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, Royal Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Marham and Air Commodore-in-Chief of RAF Regiment.

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