Royal Colonel is an appointment made by the British monarch, currently Queen Elizabeth II, to members of the British Royal Family who are appointed to the position of Colonel-in-Chief of a regiment within the British or Commonwealth army. Royal Colonel appointments are made for regiments and military units of the British Army. Similar roles exist in honorary Air Commodores-in-Chief and Air Commodores for the Royal Air Force, and honorary Commodore-in-Chief for the Royal Navy.
These appointments are honorary and do not confer rank or uniform upon the recipient. They are a ceremonial appointment designed to further strengthen the bond between the British Army and the Royal Family.
The appointment of Royal Colonels is made by the Queen and is announced in a press release issued by the Palace Press Secretary.
Following the reorganisation of regiments in 2006 the following appointments were made:
- The Royal Regiment of Scotland
- The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
- The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border)
- The Royal Welsh
- The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
- The Rifles
- The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland
- 51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (TA)
- The Mercian Regiment
- The Irish Guards
- The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
- The Yorkshire Regiment
- 2nd Battalion The Rifles
- The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
- 52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (TA)
- The Royal Anglian Regiment
- 6th Battalion The Rifles (TA)
- HRH The Duchess of Gloucester
- 7th Battalion The Rifles (TA)
- 1st Battalion The Rifles
- 3rd Battalion The Rifles
- HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
- 4th Battalion The Rifles
- 5th Battalion The Rifles
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