Intervention by His Majesty...

[Bill A]

A little known story. At one point during the SWW, a policy to put the Canadian Armoured Corps titles at the shoulder with the appropriate formation patch below, was being considered for all armoured units. The Canadian Grenadier Guards were appalled by the thought of losing their "guards" pattern shoulder titles, to be replaced by the generic CAC title. Their discontent made it all the way to the Colonel in Chief of the Regiment, His Majesty George the VI. The king wrote a letter on behalf of his regiment and was assured that no such change would be forced on the CGG. Perhaps the administrative gnomes in CMHQ knew when to graciously surrender. And, perhaps this was why 4 Canadian Armoured Division wore the regimental shoulder title / division patch combination rather than the CAC / unit abbreviation as 5 CAD did.

[Wyn vdSchee]

Sorry to pick nits here Bill, but reigning monarchs are always referred to as His/Her Majesty. There are exceptions such as the late Queen Mother, who kept the title after the death of her husband George VI. The general rule is that the spouses of male monarchs have the title Her Majesty, while those of female monarchs are referred to as His Royal Highness, such as Prince Philip. All other members of the Royal Family are referred to as His/Her Royal Highness.
Perhaps British members of this group could correct or add to this little piece of trivia.
Wyn

[Mike_2817]

Nope.

Fairly clear in this Wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forms_o...United_Kingdom

The consort of a King is termed Her Royal Highness Queen ##### and keeps the title after his death (The term 'Queen Mother' was used only since they were both of the same name)

A male consort is termed as His Royal Highness 'Prince' ##### (Prince Philip was a Prince of Greece, and made a Prince of England in 1957)

[Wyn vdSchee]

Thanks Mike,
This colonial goofed on the Queen Mother.
Wyn