The 2nd in line to the throne of Great Britain is touring the country with his new bride.

 I was involved in a royal tour in 1971, our regiment was not a Duke or royal sponsored one.The Rocky Mountain Rangers. However about a decade later in a return visit the Prince Philip bestowed some world war one battle honours on it in Kamloops.

The crown has a very complex way of ensuring loyalty among regiments and was their stock and trade in chauvinistic times.We are glad the world moved on from that but   still enjoy its residue in  a historical sence.

Today in  History, June 27th, 1974

U.S. President Richard Nixon Visits the Soviet Union.