This Day in History: 1997-04-28

A parade was held in the presence of the Colonel-in-Chief, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst to mark the transfer of the Queen’s Truncheon from custodianship of the 2nd Goorkhas (ownership at that stage formally being with the Sirmoor Rifles Association (UK) Trust) to the Royal Gurkha Rifles. It remains as important to the Royal Gurkha Rifles as it was to the 2nd Goorkhas. Click here to read more about the Queen’s Truncheon.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Gurkha Rifles and formerly Colonel-in-Chief of the 2nd Goorkhas, inspects the Queen’s Truncheon.