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Duke of Kent visits his old regiment at Leuchars base

His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent  inspects a snipers rifle with Lance Corporal 
Cameron Hendry.
His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent inspects a snipers rifle with Lance Corporal Cameron Hendry.

The Duke of Kent met soldiers in his old regiment when he visited Fife.

Prince Edward, Deputy Colonel in Chief of the Royal Scots Dragoons Guard, toured the new home of SCOTS DG at Leuchars Station.

He also heard about its new role as the UK’s lead light cavalry battle group and saw the Jackal armoured vehicles which have replaced the regiment’s Challenger 2 main battle tanks

The Duke, who served with the army for more than 20 years until 1976, also officially opened the new corporals’ mess and had lunch with military personnel and their families.

Commanding Officer Colonel Dominic Coombes said it was exciting to welcome him to Leuchars for the first time since the regiment’s arrival last year.

He said: “For him it’s like coming back to the family.

“Of course, the army has changed a lot since he was in it so we brought him up to speed with what we do now and what our role is as light cavalry.

“As a retired regimental officer he has a wonderfully intimate understanding of the regiment.

“It has been great to introduce His Royal Highness to the place in which the serving regiment is very happily settled and to show him what we have achieved since moving here.”

The duke chatted with soldiers, including Lance Corporal Kyle Tibbles, Trooper Andrew Burgen, who is part of the Waterloo Troop ceremonial squadron formed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, and Lance Corporal Andrew Nairn, of the Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry reserve unit based in Cupar.

Lance Corporal Tibbles said: “He was intrigued to hear about what we have been doing.”