Editing Colonel-in-chief (section)

==List of colonels-in-chief==
{{Unreferenced section|date=September 2015}}
===United Kingdom===
====Royal Navy (styled Commodore-in-Chief)====

* [[HMNB Devonport|Plymouth, Royal Naval Command]] – [[King Charles III]]
* Aircraft Carriers – King Charles III
* [[Royal Navy Medical Service]] – [[Queen Camilla]]
* [[Royal Navy Chaplaincy Service]] – Queen Camilla
* [[HMNB Clyde|Scotland]] – [[William, Prince of Wales]]
* [[Royal Navy Submarine Service|Submarines]] – William, Prince of Wales
* [[Fleet Air Arm]] – [[Catherine, Princess of Wales]]
* [[Royal Fleet Auxiliary]] – [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh]]
* [[HMNB Portsmouth|Portsmouth]] – [[Anne, Princess Royal]]
* [[Royal Naval Reserve|Maritime Reserves]] – [[Prince Michael of Kent]]
* Small Ships and Diving – ''vacant''
* [[Royal Marines]] – King Charles III (styled [[Captain General Royal Marines]])
* Women in the Royal Navy – Anne, Princess Royal (styled Chief Commandant)

==== British Army ====

=====Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps=====

====== Household Cavalry ======
*[[Life Guards (United Kingdom)|The Life Guards]] – King Charles III 
**[[Edward Smyth-Osbourne|Sir Edward Smyth-Osbourne]] (Colonel of the Regiment) 
*[[The Blues and Royals|The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)]] – King Charles III
**Anne, Princess Royal (Colonel of the Regiment)

====== Line Cavalry ======
*[[1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards]] – Catherine, Princess of Wales
*[[Royal Scots Dragoon Guards|The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)]] – King Charles III
**[[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]] (Deputy Colonel-in-Chief)
*[[The Royal Dragoon Guards]] – Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
**[[Katharine, Duchess of Kent]] (Deputy Colonel-in-Chief)
*[[Queen's Royal Hussars|The Queen's Royal Hussars (Queen's Own and Royal Irish)]] – Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
*[[The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths' Own)]] – Queen Camilla
*[[The King's Royal Hussars]] – Anne, Princess Royal
*[[The Light Dragoons]] – [[King Abdullah II of Jordan]]

====== Royal Tank Regiment ======
*[[The Royal Tank Regiment]] – King Charles III

====== Yeomanry ======
*[[The Royal Yeomanry]] – ''vacant''
**[[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy]] (Royal Honorary Colonel)
*[[The Royal Wessex Yeomanry]] – ''vacant''
**Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (Royal Honorary Colonel)
*[[The Queen's Own Yeomanry]] – ''vacant''
**Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh (Royal Honorary Colonel)
*[[Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry|The Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry]] – ''vacant''

=====Infantry=====

====== Foot Guards ======
*[[Grenadier Guards]] – King Charles III 
**Queen Camilla (Colonel of the Regiment)
*[[Coldstream Guards]] – King Charles III
**[[James Bucknall|Sir James Bucknall]] (Colonel of the Regiment)
*[[Scots Guards]] – King Charles III
**Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (Colonel of the Regiment)
*[[Irish Guards]] – King Charles III
**Catherine, Princess of Wales (Colonel of the Regiment)
*[[Welsh Guards]] – King Charles III
**William, Prince of Wales (Colonel of the Regiment)
*[[London Guards]] – ''vacant''
**Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (Colonel of the Regiment)

====== Line Infantry and Rifles ======
*[[The Royal Regiment of Scotland]] – King Charles III
**Anne, Princess Royal (Deputy Colonel-in-Chief)
**Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland – King Charles III
**52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland – Anne, Princess Royal
**51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland – King Charles III
*[[Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment|The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)]] – ''vacant''
*[[Duke of Lancaster's Regiment|The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)]] – King Charles III
*[[The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers]] – Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
*[[The Royal Anglian Regiment]] – [[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester]]
*[[Yorkshire Regiment|The Royal Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot)]] – ''vacant''
*[[The Royal Welsh]] – King Charles III
*[[Mercian Regiment|The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcesters and Foresters, and Staffords)]] – William, Prince of Wales
*[[Royal Irish Regiment (1992)|Royal Irish Regiment]] – [[Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh]]
*[[The Royal Gurkha Rifles]] – King Charles III
*[[The Rifles]] – Queen Camilla
**1st Battalion – Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (Royal Colonel)
**2nd Battalion – Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (Royal Colonel)
**3rd Battalion – Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (Royal Colonel)
**5th Battalion – Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh (Royal Colonel)
**6th Battalion – Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Royal Colonel)
**7th Battalion – Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester (Royal Colonel)

====== Airborne Infantry ======
*[[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|The Parachute Regiment]] – King Charles III

====== Special Operations ======
*[[Ranger Regiment (United Kingdom)|Ranger Regiment]] – ''vacant''
**1st Battalion – Anne, Princess Royal
**4th Battalion – Queen Camilla

===== Special Forces =====

* [[Special Air Service]] – ''vacant''
* [[Special Reconnaissance Regiment]] – Queen Camilla

=====Combat Support and Army Air Corps=====
*[[Army Air Corps (United Kingdom)|Army Air Corps]] – William, Prince of Wales
*[[Royal Regiment of Artillery]] – King Charles III (styled [[Captain-General]])
*[[Corps of Royal Engineers]] – King Charles III
*[[Royal Corps of Signals]] – Anne, Princess Royal
**[[Queen's Gurkha Signals]] – Anne, Princess Royal
*[[Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)|Intelligence Corps]] – Anne, Princess Royal
*[[Honourable Artillery Company]] – King Charles III (styled [[Captain-General]])
**Prince Michael of Kent (Royal Honorary Colonel)
*[[Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers|Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia)]] – ''vacant''
**Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Royal Honorary Colonel)

=====Combat Service Support=====
*[[Royal Logistic Corps]] – Anne, Princess Royal
**Katharine, Duchess of Kent (Deputy Colonel-in-Chief)
**Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (Deputy Colonel-in-Chief)
**[[10 Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment RLC|10 The Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment]] – Anne, Princess Royal
*[[Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]] – Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
*[[Adjutant General's Corps]] – [[Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester]]
**Katharine, Duchess of Kent (Deputy Colonel-in-Chief)
**Staff and Personnel Support – ''vacant''
**[[Educational and Training Services Branch|Educational and Training Services]] – ''vacant''
**[[Army Legal Services Branch|Army Legal Services]] – ''vacant''
**Provost Branch – ''vacant''
***[[Royal Military Police]] – King Charles III
***[[Military Provost Staff]] – ''vacant''
***[[Military Provost Guard Service]] – ''vacant''
*[[Royal Corps of Army Music]] – Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
*[[Royal Army Chaplains' Department]]  ''vacant''
*[[Small Arms School Corps]] – ''vacant''
*[[Royal Army Physical Training Corps]] – ''vacant''
*[[General Service Corps]] – ''vacant''

====== Army Medical Services ======
*[[Royal Army Medical Service]] – Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
*[[Royal Army Veterinary Corps]] – Anne, Princess Royal

===== Overseas Regiments =====

* [[The Royal Gibraltar Regiment]] – [[Governor of Gibraltar]] (''ex officio'')
*[[Royal Bermuda Regiment|The Royal Bermuda Regiment]] – Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester
*[[Royal Montserrat Defence Force]] – ''vacant''
*[[Cayman Islands Regiment]] – ''vacant''
*[[Turks and Caicos Islands Regiment]] – ''vacant''
*[[Falkland Islands Defence Force]] – ''vacant''

==== Royal Air Force (styled Honorary Air Commodore) ====

* [[Royal Air Force]] – King Charles III (styled [[Air commodore-in-chief|Air Commodore-in-Chief]])
* [[RAF Regiment]] – King Charles III (styled Air Commodore-in-Chief)
* [[RAF Regiment]] – [[Stephen Dalton|Sir Stephen Dalton]]
* [[Royal Auxiliary Air Force]] – Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (styled Honorary Air Commodore-in-Chief)
* [[Royal Air Force Air Cadets]] – Catherine, Princess of Wales (styled Honorary Air Commandant)
* [[Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service]] – Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (styled Air Chief Commandant)
* [[RAF Ascension Island]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF Akrotiri]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF Benson]] – Prince Michael of Kent (styled Honorary Air Marshal)
* [[RAF Boulmer]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF Brize Norton]] – Anne, Princess Royal
* [[RAF Coningsby]] – Catherine, Princess of Wales (styled Royal Honorary Air Commodore)
* [[RAF Cosford]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF Cranwell]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF Digby]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF Gibraltar]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF Halton]] – Queen Camilla
* [[RAF Henlow]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF High Wycombe]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF Honington]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF Leeming]] – Queen Camilla
* [[RAF Lossiemouth]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF Marham]] – King Charles III
* [[RAF Northolt]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF Odiham]] – Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
* [[RAF Shawbury]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF Spadeadam]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF St Mawgan]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF Syerston]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF Valley]] – William, Prince of Wales (styled Royal Honorary Air Commodore)
* [[RAF Waddington]] – Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
* [[RAF Wittering]] – Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
* [[RAF Woodvale]] – ''vacant''
* [[RAF Wyton]] – ''vacant''
* [[University Air Squadron|University of London Air Squadron]] – Anne, Princess Royal
* [[No. 501 Squadron RAF|501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force]] – Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
* [[No. 600 Squadron RAF|600 (City of London) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force]] – [[Hugh Trenchard, 3rd Viscount Trenchard]]
* [[No. 612 Squadron RAF|612 Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force]] – [[Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur]]
* [[No. 4626 Squadron RAuxAF|4626 Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force]] – [[Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook]]
* 7006 Squadron, [[Royal Auxiliary Air Force]] – [[Christopher Andrew (historian)|Christopher Andrew]] 
* 7630 Squadron, [[Royal Auxiliary Air Force]] – [[David Cousins]]

=== Antigua and Barbuda ===

* [[Antigua and Barbuda Regiment]] – [[King Charles III]]

===Australia===
*[[Royal Australian Armoured Corps]] – [[King Charles III]]
*[[Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery]] – King Charles III<ref>{{cite web|title= Head of Regiment Order of the Day|date=11 August 2023|access-date=14 March 2024|url=https://artilleryhistory.org/HOR/HOR%20OOD%20-%20Captain%20General.pdf|website=Royal Australian Artillery Historical Company}}</ref> (styled [[Captain General]])
*[[Corps of Royal Australian Engineers]] – ''vacant''
*[[Royal Australian Corps of Signals]] – [[Anne, Princess Royal]]
*[[Royal Australian Infantry Corps]] – ''vacant''
*[[Royal Australian Corps of Transport]] – Anne, Princess Royal
*[[Royal Australian Army Medical Corps]] – [[Governor-General of Australia]] (''[[ex officio]]'')
*[[Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps]] – ''vacant''
*[[Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers|Corps of Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]] – ''vacant''
*[[Royal Australian Army Educational Corps]] – [[Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester]]
*[[Royal Australian Corps of Military Police]] – [[Queen Camilla]]
*[[Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps]] – ''vacant''

===Brunei Darussalam===
*[[Royal Brunei Armed Forces]] – [[Hassanal Bolkiah|Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah]] (styled Supreme Commander)

===Canada===
{{Further|List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage#Military|Monarchy of Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces}}

==== Canadian Army ====

===== Royal Canadian Armoured Corps =====

* [[Royal Canadian Dragoons]] – [[King Charles III]]
* [[Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)]] – King Charles III
* [[8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)]] – [[Anne, Princess Royal]]
* [[Prince Edward Island Regiment (RCAC)]] – [[Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh]]
* [[South Alberta Light Horse]] – [[Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh]]
*[[Saskatchewan Dragoons]] – Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh

===== Royal Canadian Infantry Corps =====
* [[Royal Canadian Regiment|The Royal Canadian Regiment]] – ''vacant''
* [[Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry]] – [[Adrienne Clarkson]]
* [[Royal 22nd Regiment]] – ''vacant''
* [[Queen's Own Rifles of Canada]] – [[Queen Camilla]]
* [[Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada]] – King Charles III
* [[Royal Regiment of Canada]] – King Charles III
* [[Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment]] – Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh
* [[Lincoln and Welland Regiment]] – Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh
* [[Grey and Simcoe Foresters]] – Anne, Princess Royal
* [[Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment)]] – [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent]]
* [[Royal Winnipeg Rifles]] – King Charles III
* [[Essex and Kent Scottish]] – [[Prince Michael of Kent]]
* [[Royal Regina Rifles]] – Anne, Princess Royal
* [[Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)]] – [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy]]
* [[Irish Regiment of Canada]] – King Charles III
* [[Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)]] – King Charles III
* [[Royal Newfoundland Regiment]] – Anne, Princess Royal

===== Royal Canadian Engineers =====

* [[31 Combat Engineer Regiment (The Elgin's)]] – [[Earl of Elgin]] (''ex officio'')

===== Personnel branches =====
* [[Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery]] – [[King Charles III]]<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Canadian Army |user=CanadianArmy |number=1689996398777741312 |date=11 August 2023 |title=Today, His Majesty King Charles III, King of Canada, has graciously announced that he will adopt the Royal Appointment of Captain General of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery. |access-date=1 March 2024}}</ref> (styled [[Captain General]])
* [[Communications and Electronics Branch]] – Anne, Princess Royal
* [[Royal Canadian Medical Service]] – Anne, Princess Royal
* [[Royal Canadian Dental Corps]] – [[Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester]]

==== Other organisations ====

* [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] – [[Charles III|King Charles III]] (styled [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police#Honorary positions and the role of the Royal Family.|Commissioner-in-Chief]])

=== Jamaica ===

* [[The Jamaica Regiment|Jamaica Regiment]] – [[King Charles III]]

===Malaysia===
====Malaysian Army====
=====Combat=====
*[[Royal Malay Regiment]] – Sultan [[Sallehuddin of Kedah]]
*[[Royal Ranger Regiment]] – Raja [[Sirajuddin of Perlis]]
*[[Malaysian Royal Armoured Corps|Royal Armoured Corps]] – Sultan [[Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu]]
*[[Special Operations Regiment]] – Sultan [[Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor]], the current [[King of Malaysia]]

=====Combat Support=====
*[[Royal Artillery Regiment]] and [[Kor Risik DiRaja|Royal Intelligence Corps]] – Sultan [[Muhammad V of Kelantan]]
*[[Royal Regiment of Engineers]] – Sultan [[Nazrin Shah of Perak]]
*[[Royal Signals Regiment]] – [[Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan|Tuanku Muhriz, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan]]

=====Service Support=====
*Royal Service Corps – Sultan [[Sallehuddin of Kedah]]
*[[Royal Ordnance Corps (Malaysia)|Royal Ordnance Corps]] – Sultan [[Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu]]
*[[Corps of Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers (Malaysia)|Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Corps]] – [[Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan|Tuanku Muhriz, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan]]

====Royal Malaysian Air Force====
*[[Royal Malaysian Air Force]] – Sultan [[Abdullah of Pahang]]

====Royal Malaysian Navy====
*[[Royal Malaysian Navy]] – Sultan [[Sharafuddin of Selangor]] (styled Commodore-in-Chief)

=== New Zealand ===

* New Zealand Corps of Officer Cadets – ''vacant''

*[[Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery]] – [[King Charles III]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rnzaa.org.nz/article-new-rnza-captain-general|title= New RNZA Captain General|website=The Royal New Zealand Artillery Association|access-date=21 February 2024|date=25 August 2023}}</ref> (styled [[Captain-General]])
*[[Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps]] – ''vacant'' (styled [[Captain-General]])
*[[Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers]] – ''vacant''
*[[Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals]] – [[Anne, Princess Royal]]
*[[Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment]] – ''vacant''
*[[New Zealand Special Air Service]] – ''vacant''
*[[New Zealand Intelligence Corps]] – ''vacant''
*[[Royal New Zealand Army Logistic Regiment]] – ''vacant''
*[[Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps]] – [[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester]]
*[[Royal New Zealand Dental Corps]] – ''vacant''
*Royal New Zealand Chaplains Department – ''vacant''
*New Zealand Army Legal Service – ''vacant''
*Royal New Zealand Army Educational Corps – [[Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester]]
*[[Corps of Royal New Zealand Military Police]] – ''vacant''
*[[Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps]] – Anne, Princess Royal
*New Zealand Army Physical Training Corps – ''vacant''

===Norway===
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*[[Hans Majestet Kongens Garde|His Majesty The King's Guard]] – Sir [[Nils Olav|Nils Olav III]]<ref name="olav1"/><ref name="olav2"/>

===Papua New Guinea===
*[[Royal Pacific Islands Regiment]] – [[King Charles III]]