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Colonel-in-chief




In the United Kingdom , the only non-Royal Colonel-in-Chief is the Duke Of Wellington , Colonel-in-Chief of the Duke Of Wellington's Regiment .

Currently in the British Army , three foreign monarchs hold the position of Colonel-in-Chief of British regiments:


British Army


Cavalry

  • 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards - HRH Charles, Prince Of Wales

  • 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) - HRH The Duke Of York

  • The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) - HM The Queen

  • The King's Royal Hussars - HRH The Princess Royal

  • The Life Guards - HM The Queen

  • The Light Dragoons - HM King Abdullah II Of Jordan

  • The Queen's Royal Hussars (Queen's Own and Royal Irish) - HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

  • The Queen's Royal Lancers - HM The Queen

  • The Royal Dragoon Guards - HRH The Prince of Wales

  • The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) - HM The Queen

  • The Royal Tank Regiment - HM The Queen



Infantry

  • 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment - HRH The Prince of Wales

  • Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) - HM The Queen

  • Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) - HRH The Prince of Wales

  • Coldstream Guards - HM The Queen

  • Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry - HRH The Duke Of Kent

  • Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) - His Grace The Duke Of Wellington

  • Green Howards (Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) - HM King Harald V Of Norway

  • Grenadier Guards - HM The Queen

  • The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) - HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

  • Irish Guards - HM The Queen

  • King's Own Royal Border Regiment - HRH Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy

  • King's Own Scottish Borderers - vacant

  • King's Regiment - HRH The Prince of Wales

  • Light Infantry - HRH Princess Alexandra, The Hon Lady Ogilvy

  • Mercia Rifles - vacant

  • Parachute Regiment - HRH The Prince of Wales

  • Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire - HRH The Duchess of Kent

  • Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) - HM Queen Margrethe II Of Denmark

  • Queen's Lancashire Regiment - HM The Queen

  • Royal Anglian Regiment - vacant

  • Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Light Infantry - HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

  • Royal Green Jackets - HM The Queen

  • Royal Gurkha Rifles - HRH The Prince of Wales

  • Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) - HRH The Duke of York

  • Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment) - HRH The Duke of York

  • Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - HRH The Duke of Kent

  • Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) - HRH The Prince of Wales

  • Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) - HRH The Princess Royal

  • Royal Welsh - HM The Queen

  • Scots Guards - HM The Queen

  • Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) - HRH The Duke of York

  • Welsh Guards - HM The Queen

  • Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) - HRH The Princess Royal



Combat Support

  • Army Air Corps - HRH The Prince of Wales

  • Corps of Royal Engineers - HM The Queen

  • Intelligence Corps - HRH The Duke Of Edinburgh

  • Royal Corps of Signals - HRH The Princess Royal

  • Royal Regiment of Artillery - HM The Queen (Captain-General)

  • Combat Service Support

  • Adjutant General's Corps - HM The Queen

  • Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

  • Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps - HRH The Countess Of Wessex

  • Royal Army Dental Corps - HRH The Duchess of Gloucester

  • Royal Army Medical Corps - HRH The Duke Of Gloucester

  • Royal Army Veterinary Corps - HRH The Princess Royal

  • Royal Logistic Corps - HRH The Princess Royal

  • Small Arms School Corps - HRH The Duke of York



Canadian Forces


Armoured





Australian Army



New Zealand Army

  • Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps - HM The Queen

  • Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment - HM The Queen

  • Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery - HM The Queen (Captain General)

  • Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers - HM The Queen

  • Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals - HRH The Princess Royal

  • Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment - HRH The Duke of York

  • Corps of Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

  • Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps - HRH The Princess Royal

  • Royal New Zealand Army Educational Corps - HRH The Duchess of Gloucester

  • Norwegian Army

  • Hans Majestet Kongens Garde - Nils Olav the Penguin



Papua New Guinea Army

  • Royal Pacific Islands Regiment - HRH The Prince of Wales