Editing Colonel (section)

===Colonel-in-chief===
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In many modern armies, the regiment has more importance as a ceremonial unit or a focus of members' loyalty than as an actual battle formation. Troops tend to be deployed in battalions (commanded by a [[lieutenant colonel]]) as a more convenient size of military unit and, as such, colonels have tended to have a higher profile in specialist and command roles than as actual commanders of regiments. However, in Commonwealth armies, the position of the colonel as the figurehead of a regiment is maintained in the honorary role of "colonel-in-chief", usually held by a member of the [[British Royal family|royal family]],<ref>See this list of colonel-in-chief appointments held by [http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/theprinceofwales/atwork/supportingthequeen/specialrelationshipsandregiments/ The Prince of Wales.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017130148/http://princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/theprinceofwales/atwork/supportingthequeen/specialrelationshipsandregiments/ |date=2012-10-17 }}</ref> the nobility, or a retired senior military officer. The colonel-in-chief wears a colonel's uniform and encourages the members of the regiment, but takes no active part in the actual command structure or in any operational duties.<ref>A webpage by a Scottish regiment concerning [http://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/colonel.html their colonel-in-chief.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071219214929/http://www.theroyalscots.co.uk/colonel.html |date=2007-12-19 }}</ref>