COLONEL-IN-CHIEF
— O.wn Correspondent.)
Unlikely Honour for Princess Elizabeth THOUGHT T00 YOUNG
(By Air Mail-
LONJDON, Jan. 4. The suggestion that Princess Elizabeth might be appointed a Colonel-in-Chief during this. year is not considered in Army circles likely to maturo. It is ielt that such an honour might well wait untii she comes of age, which is at eighteen in the case of Koyalty. ' It is only since the War that the British Ariny has had women Colonels-in-Chief. . Princess Patricia is believed to have been tho iirsfc with the regiment of Canadian Light Infantry which bore her" name, Now most of the Royal ladies have their own regiments. In Yictorian days and before, no queen or princess was cvcr appointed a Coloriei-in-Chief, tliough Boyai ladies often bestowed their names upon regiments whi.h they desired to honour. "The Princess Victoria's" is still the supplementary title of the Ro^ al Irish Fusiliers, wlio received their flrst colqurs from Queen Victoria before she ascendedi the throne.. ' George V. did not look with favour upon the idea of appointing women to such offices, . but in certain cases he was persuaded to do so
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 18, 5 February 1937, Page 11
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