where her father served in World War Two - for first time as Colonel-in-Chief

The Queen has met the Royal Lancers, in which her father served during the Second World War, for the first time as its Colonel-in-Chief. Camilla was named the patron of the regiment in June last year, taking the role over from Queen Elizabeth II after her death. Her father Major Bruce Shand served in the 12th Lancers - which is now part of the Royal Lancers - and won a Military Cross for gallantry during the Battle of Dunkirk in the Second World War.

' The 76-year-old also met families and members of the Old Comrades Association at a reception afterwards, before being shown the parade. While at the barracks, she awarded five medals and met with now-retired Major Phil Watson, who wrote Their Greatest Hour. The book records the 12th Lancers' involvement in the Battle of Dunkirk, and has a forward written by Camilla in which she says: 'I am enormously proud of the Regiment's long and illustrious history.

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