Thanks Hugh. So, if any former service personnel decided to do something like form a pressure group to make the UK a republic many years after leaving the forces, they would technically be breaking the allegiance thar they pledged.
I doubt if anything could/would be done about it, but it's an interesting fact nevertheless.
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Countess of Wessex, Sophie, a little earlier on, clearly moved by reading floral tributes outside Balmoral.
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Awww, it seems that she was well loved. I personally never got to meet her, but I know a few who did. Not one of them had anything bad to say about her. In fact, quite the opposite. She was always polite & pleasant, never behaved like she was anyone special and had a marvellous sense of humour.
I used to wonder why she didn't pass on the throne onto Charles and retired. I had wondered if she didn't think that he would make a good King (after some mild criticism about him).
Now, I believe that she knew that the role takes over a person's life and is hard work and didn't want her son to have to experience this for as long as possible.
For someone to carry on working until 96 for the sake of one of her children is a selfless and admiral act.