The sovereign handed over the post of colonel-in-chief of the British Army Air Corps to his son this Monday, May 13, in Hampshire. An engagement in which the monarch and his heir demonstrated the extent of their complicity.
She was unable to meet Prince Harry during her stay in London due to her “busy schedule”. A few days later, Charles III, who recently revealed he is suffering from cancer, nevertheless secured a rare engagement in the company of Prince William. To mark the occasion, the sovereign, arriving by helicopter, presented his eldest son, the former Duke of Sussex’s regiment in the British Army Air Corps, this Monday, May 13. During a ceremony at the Army Aviation Center in Middle Wallop, Hampshire. The monarch had assumed that position for thirty-two years.
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The most iconic passing of the torch, in which father and son proved to be more complicit than ever. Charles III and Prince William were pictured together on the tarmac during a discussion that was accompanied by bursts of laughter. To celebrate that event, the king presented his heir with a beret and an air force belt. And joked that Prince William was a ‘good pilot’, mischievously noting it was ‘encouraging’.
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The Prince of Wales previously served as a search and rescue pilot in the Royal Air Force. A ceremony during which Charles III, however, did not mention Prince Harry’s piloting skills. During a visit to the Air Force Museum, the monarch, who was in awe of the Apache helicopter, refrained from mentioning that his cadet had made several sorties during his missions in Afghanistan.
Source: Le Figaro
