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In a historic military appointment, Kensington Palace announced that Prince William has officially taken on the role of Colonel-in-Chief of the elite Parachute Regiment—one of the British Army’s most prestigious airborne units. The ceremonial handover took place at Colchester’s Merville Barracks, where the future King, dressed in full regimental mess dress, was greeted with a thunderous round of applause from paratroopers.