00:00 Princess Kate received a new title from King Charles with a special meaning.
00:05 On Friday, Buckingham Palace announced new military appointments for nine members of
00:09 the Royal Family, including Princess Kate.
00:15 The new appointments will continue to reflect the close relationship between the Armed Forces
00:18 and the Royal Family in His Majesty's reign, the Palace said in a statement.
00:23 Kate becomes Commodore-in-Chief of the Fleet Air Arm, Colonel of the First Queen's Dragoon
00:27 Guards and Royal Honorary Commander of the Coningsby-based Royal Air Force Squadron of
00:32 Eurofighter Jets.
00:37 She is receiving three high military titles at once.
00:40 The latter appointment is particularly sentimental for Kate as one of her grandfathers served
00:44 in the Royal Air Force and reportedly worked with Prince Philip.
00:52 Kate's renewed appointment to the Royal Air Force reinforces her already strong ties to
00:56 the Air Force, because Prince William was also a search and rescue pilot in the service
01:00 of the Royal Air Force.
01:03 He is Honorary Air Commander of the Royal Air Force Coningsby, while Princess Kate is
01:06 Honorary Air Commander of the Air Cadets.
01:12 But King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William, Prince Edward, Princess Anne and five other
01:16 members of the British Royal Family also received new Royal ranks.
01:23 Prince Andrew's former titles were also redistributed in the wake of his sexual assault scandal.
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