Image: Crown Copyright 2022 Sgt Ben Beale RLC.
His Majesty King Charles III walks the stairs and speaks to LSGT Davies from the Welsh Guards, outside The Senedd in Cardiff Bay where route liners made up of soldiers from 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards, The Royal Welsh, as well as sailors from the Royal Navy and RAF personnel.
To commemorate His Majesty King Charles III’s arrival in Wales, Welsh military units from across the Army, Navy and RAF marked the occasion with a Royal Gun Salute and ceremony. Reservists from 104 Regiment Royal Artillery fired their 105mm light guns from a position inside Cardiff Castle, signalling The King’s helicopter arrival in Wales close to Llandaff Cathedral. The King then moved to The Senedd in Cardiff Bay following the cathedral ceremony, where route liners made up of soldiers from 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards, The Royal Welsh, as well as sailors from the Royal Navy and RAF personnel, were on hand to welcome the new Monarch and Queen Consort. Trumpeters from The Regimental Band and Corps of Drums of The Royal Welsh also performed a fanfare welcome.
At Cardiff Castle, The Regimental Band and Corps of Drums of The Royal Welsh were in place to receive The King, as will Goat Major Sergeant Mark Jackson and Lance Corporal Shenkin IV, the Royal Welsh Regimental Goat. Farrier Major Mark Holland and Lance Corporal Emrys Forlan Jones, the Regimental Welsh Mountain Pony from 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards, and sixty Cadets from across Wales were also present.
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