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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921- ) (894 words) |
 | Colonel-in-Chief, The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) |
| Royal Honorary Colonel, The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment |
| Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment |
| Royal Navy (2811 words) |
| The first reformation and major expansion of the Navy Royal, as it was then known, occurred in the 16th century during the reign of Henry VIII whose ships, ''Henri Grâce a Dieu'' ("''Great Harry''") and '' Mary Rose '', engaged the French navy in the battle of the Solent in 1545. |
| The Royal Navy also participated in the Gulf War, the Kosovo conflict, the Afghanistan Campaign, and the 2003 Iraq War, the last of which saw RN warships bombard positions in support of the Al Faw Peninsula landings by Royal Marines. |
| The Royal Navy is established under the royal prerogative and the head of the Royal Navy, known as the Lord High Admiral, is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (who is the overall head of the UK Armed Forces). |
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