The Duke of Kent is to sign off as Colonel of the Scots Guards today after 50 years.
The late Queen’s cousin, 88, will attend the annual Black Sunday day of remembrance at London’s Guards Chapel in Wellington Barracks.
He will then take the salute for the final time as Colonel of the Regiment at a Scots Guards parade.
He described serving as Colonel as a “true honour and one which will forever fill me with great joy”.
The title is to be handed to the Duke of Edinburgh.
Prince Edward, 60, said that accepting the “distinct honour” came with a “degree of trepidation”.
And he promised to do his best to follow the “formidable record and reputation of my predecessor”.
The Scots Guards are one of five Regiments of Foot Guards in the Army’s Household Division.
They had marked the start of the Duke’s 50th year as their Colonel with three cheers and a newly composed pipe tune,The Colonel, at their annual gathering last September.
Lieutenant Colonel James Leask said the Duke has been a “constant in a rapidly changing world, whose loyalty to the regiment and selfless commitment to the country has been an example to us all”.
