.
@RAFBrizeNorton
is the largest and busiest
@RoyalAirForce
station, with approximately 5,800 service personnel & 300 civilian staff
At the centre of all that goes on is the Control Tower, which keeps the skies clear.👀
🔗
#ForcesNews
took a look inside👇
A quick-thinking young soldier conducting King's Life Guard duties at Horse Guards has been praised online and by a senior officer 💂♂️
It comes after his handling of an encounter with a young man with Down's syndrome 👏
Princess Anne visited Cyprus this week, meeting service personnel and their families at Dhekelia Station. 🇨🇾
The Princess Royal also opened a new primary school which will serve about 300 military children.
More on Princess Anne's visit to Cyprus here:
Take a look at this footage which appears to show the moment a police officer stepped in to shut down a group of tourists heckling a King’s Guard
📺 Watch here 👇
Today marks King Charles III's official birthday. 🎉
More than 1,400 soldiers will be on parade, plus 200 horses and 400 musicians.
Here is everything you need to know about the ceremonial celebration👇
Argentina's football players have been filmed singing an anti-English song at the
#FIFAWorldCup
.
The team referenced the Falklands War as they celebrated reaching the final of the tournament.
It is the largest movement of military personnel via the railway network since Sir Winston Churchill’s funeral in 1965.
5000 troops have arrived in London and marched over Westminster Bridge as they assemble ahead of the coronation. 🚂
More here 👉
Princess Anne has joined hundreds of veterans in marking six decades since the end of conscription.
National Service saw more than two million men aged between 17 and 21 conscripted.
Conscripts experienced frontline combat in many conflicts.
More here👇
Princess Anne has officially reopened the
@PoppyFactory
in Edinburgh. 🏴
The Princess Royal toured Lady Haig's Poppy Factory and its new exhibition space.
More on Princess Anne's visit here 👉
The Irish Guards have sent a message of support to the Princess of Wales after she announced she was being treated for cancer.
Kate became Colonel of the Irish Guards in 2022, a role previously held by her husband, Prince William.
“Asking me to stand in for my wife at an event like this is a bit like asking Mrs Harry Kane to lead the England football team out.” 🗣️
Ret’d Vice Admiral, Sir Timothy Laurence jokes about filling in for Princess Anne at
#FoundersDay
.
A Gurkha veteran who lost both his legs while serving in Afghanistan has made mountaineering history to become the first double above-knee amputee to reach the top of Mount Everest.
Prince Harry has been accused of making the Invictus Games a target by revealing he killed 25 people in Afghanistan.
Admiral Lord West, former head of the Royal Navy, called Prince Harry "very stupid" for giving details of his Taliban kills.
More here👇
Almost 10,000 veterans and 800 tri-service personnel are to take part in a march-past by the Cenotaph in central London for
#RemembranceSunday
.
Thousands of veterans and personnel were at Horse Guards Parade ahead of the parade.
💬 "I think it's really, really important that people should know exactly how Harry has positively impacted the veteran community."
We spoke to members of the military world after it was confirmed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex would not be returning as working royals.
How would you celebrate your team's first league title in 10 years? 🤔
Well, Rangers fans have raised over £30,000 in a bid to get a Red Arrows flyover if their team wins the Scottish Premiership. ✈️
#RangersFC
Wake up, it’s
#Coronation
day!🎉
Members of the
@RoyalNavy
,
@BritishArmy
,
@RoyalNavy
and the Commonwealth forces are arriving into London early this morning.
We are on Westminster Bridge catching some of the members on their way💂♀️👋
King Charles honours sailors and officers who played a vital role in the late Queen's funeral procession 🎖️
The King presented medals to around 150
@RoyalNavy
personnel at Windsor Castle.
Find out more 👉
Honouring those who went before them.
Watch the moment troops from
@TheParachuteReg
jumped into Normandy to mark the 79th Anniversary of
#DDay
.
Find out more about the Normandy Landings 👉
Tributes have been paid after an SAS hero who stormed the Iranian Embassy in 1980 died following a "very long illness".
Mel Parry QGM was described as one of the last surviving troopers to take part in the daring mission to end the six-day siege.
The decision to deny the Duke of Sussex the right to wear uniform at events commemorating the Queen "cannot erase his decade of military service".
A statement from the Prince Harry’s team has asked that focus remain "on the life and legacy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II".
British Second World War veterans paid tribute to their fallen comrades as they marked the 79th anniversary of D-Day at a service in France.
Former servicemen attended a
@PoppyLegion
-organised event at the British Normandy Memorial.
Find out more here👇
The Prince of Wales commemorated Australia and New Zealand's war dead in a dawn service to mark
#AnzacDay
.
Hundreds of Australians, New Zealanders, and military personnel watched as William laid a wreath of red poppies and white flowers.
Find out more:
Members of the Gurkha community gathered outside the MOD building to continue their pensions protest.
Around 100 Gurkha veterans are calling on the UK Government to agree to pay them the same benefits as the British counterparts they have served with 👇
A memorial for a hero…
Watch as British Gurkhas in Nepal honour Honorary Captain Rambahadur Limbu.
The last remaining Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross died aged 87 at the weekend.
Hundreds have lined the streets of Damak, in Nepal, to escort Captain Ram Bahadur Limbu VC to his final resting place.
He was the last living Gurkha recipient of the Victoria Cross:
@Gurkha_Brigade
@gwtorg
@UKinNepal
@BritishArmy
The Princess Royal joined 500 soldiers from
@UKArmyLogistics
in Winchester to mark
#RLC30
.
Princess Anne, Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Logistic Corps, spent time talking to many of the troops and took the salute.
More 👉
Crowds are gathering this sunny morning outside Buckingham Palace for a special Changing of the Guard 💂♀️ ☀️
A tribute will be paid to rock queen Tina Turner 🎶🎤
#SimplyTheBest
"The nation is incredibly grateful to him"
Minister for Veterans' Affairs
@JohnnyMercerUK
paid tribute to Prince Harry and a "legacy he can be proud of" with the
#InvictusGames
.
Mr Mercer joined Prince Harry and Meghan at the
@InvictusGamesDE
sitting volleyball final🏐.
#IG23
.
@KensingtonRoyal
has thanked troops for taking part in the Colonel’s Review amid sweltering temperatures 🥵
Prince William reviewed his soldiers at Horse Guards Parade in London 💂♂️
The final salute for a
@RoyalAirForce
icon 💥
Watch the moment the
@Airbornegunners
marked the retirement flypast of the C-130 Hercules with a gun salute ✈️
Find out more 👉
🗣️ "I'm 98 really, but I'm 101 in the army".
At a garden party veteran, Robert Piper, told the Duchess of Edinburgh about taking "his chance" by adding a couple of years to his age in order to join the army in 1940.
More about his story here 👉
The Duke of Edinburgh has visited Ukrainian troops training in the UK.
Prince Edward, dressed in his Royal Air Force uniform, watched them learning the skills required to survive and be effective during frontline combat.
Full story here👇
"Probably the best first rehearsal I've ever seen!"
British and French troops are rehearsing for a landmark Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. 🇬🇧 🇫🇷
Find out more 👇
The Prince of Wales has shown off his rowing skills when he took to the water with a team of Royal Navy submariners from HMS Oardacious for Mental Health Awareness Week 🚣♀️
Watch as
#UK
troops move towards
#Estonia
amid the continued
#Russian
invasion of
#Ukraine
. 🇪🇪
@BritishArmy
personnel, tanks and military equipment from the 1 Royal Welsh battlegroup can be seen travelling to the Baltic state.
Read more here 👉
A
@BritishArmy
lieutenant has become the first female officer in the
@TheParachuteReg
. 🎉
Lieutenant Hannah Knapton has been given the coveted maroon beret after passing the Parachute Regiment's extensive and exhaustive entry tests.
Find out more here👇
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of one of the last black RAF Second World War veterans.
Flight Sergeant Peter Brown, who flew five operations in Lancaster bombers in early 1945, died alone, aged 96, at his home in Maida Vale, west London.
Watch Fijian soldiers pay respect to the
#DDay
fallen 🇫🇯
Yesterday troops from the 2nd Battalion
@RYORKS_REGT
sang in respect on 79th anniversary of D-Day.
Find out more about the Normandy Landings 👉
🗣️ "I don't want to earn money because of the war".
A French YouTuber
@PeurAvion
, reporting on the War in Ukraine, uses all the money he makes on the platform to support those fighting for Ukraine or affected by the conflict. 🇺🇦🇫🇷
Watch how here 👇
Watch this
#InvictusGames
medal ceremony get royal approval 👀
Prince Harry and Meghan presented medals for the cycling time trial events – which included medallists James Rogers 🥇, David Jarvis 🥇 and Bob Grantham 🥉 from
#TeamUK
🇬🇧
#IG23
👉
A Lancaster bomber will be flying a special route over all of Lincolnshire's Bomber Command bases.✈️
This is to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the daring
#Dambusters
Raid.
Find out where you can watch the flypast this evening here👇
Prince Harry sends a 'marvel...lous' Christmas video to bereaved military children. 🕸️🎄
The Duke of Sussex dressed up as the
#SpiderMan
for the children, who are all members of Scotty's Little Soldiers
@CorporalScotty
.
Watch the video here 👇
How's this for a view? 😮
The
@rafredarrows
have shared this remarkable cockpit footage from their flypast over Buckingham Palace.
#coronation
Read more:
Former
@RoyalMarines
commando, Ben McBean, who lost two limbs fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan says he was threatened with being fined for using a disabled bay – even after showing the traffic warden his blue badge.
Find out more here👇
Today marks 10 years since Lee Rigby was murdered near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich.
To mark his legacy, we have taken a look back at the Fusilier's military career.
Prince Harry has said he is "forever grateful" for his meetings with the Queen, including as his Commander-in-Chief during his military career.
The Duke of Sussex spent 10 years in the
@BritishArmy
, going on two tours of Afghanistan.
Prince Harry made a surprise appearance at this year's
@warriorgames
in San Diego, California.🇺🇸
The Duke of Sussex spent time with athletes and their families, and watched the Sitting Volleyball Finals as the 2023
#WarriorGames
came to a close.🏐
👇
A flypast fit for a King. 👑✈️
The Red Arrows and their French air force counterparts took to the skies to mark the start of King Charles and Queen Camilla three-day state visit, starting in Paris. 🇫🇷
More here👇
🗣️ "This is not how we behave in the Army."
A retired
@BritishArmy
colonel, famous for his inspirational speech on the eve of battle in Iraq, says
#PrinceHarry
has "now turned against the other family, the military".
Buckingham Palace has announced new military roles for members of the Royal Family.
The Princess of Wales and the Queen Consort have both been appointed new roles.
Find out their new titles here 👇
Watch the moment
#PrinceHarry
consoled former member of the
@RoyalMarines
,
@leespencer_RM
in a video call.
The Duke of Sussex showed his support to the single leg amputee veteran, after he was unable to complete a triathlon challenge due to 'excruciating pain".
"He was my grandpa: master of the barbecue, legend of banter, and cheeky right 'til the end."
#PrinceHarry
has released a tribute to his grandfather, Prince Philip.
Excitement is ramping up for the King's
#Coronation
👑
Rehearsals have taken place in the early hours of the morning, as the military paraded through the quiet streets of central London 💂♂️
Find out more about King Charles’ coronation 👉
The Duke of Sussex will return to New York to present the inaugural Intrepid Valour Awards to service members, veterans and military families on 10 November.
The gala will take place at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.
#PrinceHarry
Prince Harry in military uniform joined the Queen's grandchildren to hold a historic vigil for Her Majesty.
Tonight was the first time in history that a Monarch's grandchildren have carried out the ceremonial mark of respect.
Find out more here 👇
A name fit for a King. 👑
The Queen has named a horse - that's set to lead the Mounted Cavalry at the King's Birthday Parade on Saturday - Juno. 🐴
More on this story 👉
"Women serve too".
Former Staff Sergeant Julie-Anne Fulford was left hurt after being questioned by two soldiers at a garden party about her medals.
They said "there's no way" she'd "seen action in her life", despite doing two tours of Afghanistan and serving in Sierra Leone.
Prince Harry is set to join the likes of
@elonmuskand
and
@TomCruise
as a part of the Living Legends of Aviation 👑
The former
@BritishArmy
Apache pilot will be inducted in an awards ceremony hosted by John Travolta ✈️
Read more 👇
The Princess of Wales was in control on her visit to
@RNASYeovilton
.
Kate spoke to the crew of a Wildcat helicopter from the air traffic control tower 🚁
Find out more 👇
The Queen has named a horse set to lead the Mounted Cavalry at the King's Birthday Parade on Saturday 👑
Queen Camilla presented a head collar with the name Juno to the horse before giving her a carrot 🐴🥕
The British military joined Falkanders for a service to remember those who lost their lives 41 years ago during 'Landing Day'.
22 crew members on board HMS Ardent were killed as they made their way to made their way to the shoreline around San Carlos.
'Come on Eileen' 🎶
The Band and Bugles of the Rifles have played a brilliant rendition of the Dexys Midnight Runners' classic at Sandhurst. 🙌
play classic at Sandhurst
The
@RoyalAirForce
mark the end of an era, as they say goodbye to the Hercules 👏
The Princess Royal spoke with personnel on parade to mark the retirement ✈️
Find out more 👉
The King wore a
@Proud_Sappers
tie during a historic speech to Germany's Bundestag before meeting troops from the Corps based in the country.
Read the full story 👇
King Charles has worn his
@RoyalMarines
uniform for the first time as Captain General attending the Mountbatten Festival of Music.
His Majesty dressed in the Corps' distinct red officer's mess dress for the annual showpiece at the Royal Albert Hall.
Queen Camilla has fulfilled the ambition of her late "papa", becoming colonel-in-chief of his former regiment.
Her Majesty marked the new honorary role with the
@TheRoyalLancers
by inviting a Second World War veteran to Clarence House.
Find out more 👉
“The personification of selfless commitment.”
Tributes have been paid to Rifleman Israel Delanimati, from 3rd Battalion The Rifles, who died while on deployment to Estonia.
The Coronation day will see the largest military procession in London for 70 years. 👑
But - it isn't just the UK on display. 🇬🇧
Troops from 39 other countries will also be parading through the streets alongside the British military.
More here 👉
The Prince of Wales has commemorated Australia and New Zealand's war dead in a dawn service marking
#AnzacDay
.
Hundreds of Australians, New Zealanders and military personnel watched as William laid a wreath of flowers at a service in London.
The iconic Chelsea Pensioners bask in the sunshine ☀️
Yesterday they were joined by His Majesty the King of the Belgians and his wife Queen Mathilde, on the spectacular
@RHChelsea
grounds for Founder’s Day.
Find out more 👉
Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex were at
@StPaulsLondon
in honour of the missing Queen for a special
#Platiniumjubilee
service of thanksgiving.
Service personnel formed a guard of honour and lined the entrances to the cathedral.
More here👇
Today marks the Duchess of Sussex’s birthday. 🎂
Earlier this year Meghan helped kick-off the
#InvictusGames
with a spectacular opening ceremony.🎉
Take a look back at that amazing moment 👇
Happy Birthday to HRH Princess Anne 👏
The Princess, holds the position of Army General and RAF Air Marshal, and is famed for her hard work and no-nonsense approach to life.
Take a look the Princess Royal’s military titles 👇
An RAF Hercules engineer says he wishes he had more time with the aircraft that is being stood down after more than 50 years of service.
Warrant Officer Scott Drinkel said the decision to retire C-130s is "gut-wrenching".
The final salute for a
@RoyalAirForce
icon 💥
Watch the moment the
@Airbornegunners
marked the retirement flypast of the C-130 Hercules with a gun salute ✈️
Find out more 👉
A 99-year-old British Army veteran who hoped to generate half a million pounds for the NHS with fundraising walk,
#walkwithTom
, has smashed his original target, raising £2 million.
Of that total, £1.2 million has been donated since this morning.
Watch the moment the King attended the 200th Sovereign's Parade at
@RMASandhurst
.
The parade marked the completion of training for 171 army officer cadets who will receive their commissions at midnight.
Read more 👉
The tale of the
#Dambusters
has gone down as one of the most spectacular missions in the
@RoyalAirForce
history.
Today marks 80 years since the raid struck Germany's operations and helped turn the tide of the Second World War.
Find out more here👇
Special Air Service Second World War veteran Lance Corporal (Retired) Alexander 'Alec' Campbell Borrie, 98, who worked behind enemy lines to assist the Resistance in France, the Netherlands and Germany - has died.
📷
@TaxiCharity
Prince Harry is to keep his military ranks of Lieutenant Commander in the Royal Navy, Major in the British Army, and Squadron Leader in the Royal Air Force when he and wife Meghan begin their new life away from the royal family on 31 March.
The King has reshuffled military appointments for working members of the royal family as the anniversary of the late Queen’s death approaches.
The Prince and Princess of Wales will take on three extra roles each. Find out what they are 👇
Yes, that's right, this is a Royal Air Force Typhoon in a Union Flag colour scheme.🇬🇧
The aircraft's new look has been unveiled at RAF Coningsby.
The Typhoon will be used at air shows in the 2021 and 2022 display seasons.✈️
Read the full story👉