Royal Navy, Royal Airforce.....
So why (in the UK) don't we have a 'Royal' army? Is it because the modern British Army was founded by Cromwell in the Civil War?
I know there are 'Royal' regiments etc but the Army itself is never referred to as Royal. Or is it differently described overseas?
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Re: Royal Navy, Royal Airforce.....
The British Army was formed by Royal Proclamation in 1661, but a few regiments are older than that.
It is not called "Royal" because it is simply an association of regiments
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Re: Royal Navy, Royal Airforce.....
I suggest it is not called 'Royal' because Parliament would never have accepted such a name at the time of the Restoration of the monarchy. However, from being the best army of its era it became a third-rate force almost overnight. The monarchy wanted the Parliamentarian army to be dismembered because it was a hotbed of radical ideas about equality and representative government, and even proto-socialism. A few regiments only were kept with commissions once again reverting to those who could afford them, none of this dangerous meritocratic leadership nonsense.
A 'Royal' Army would have made Parliament very jumpy.
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Re: Royal Navy, Royal Airforce.....
especially after the end of the civil war, cromwell walking around with his 'royal' army...
that would definately sound very fishy
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Re: Royal Navy, Royal Airforce.....
It is as Malcolm said only a collection of regiment's, but a few as you know carry the title Royal.
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But could not the Royal Navy be described as only an association of ships?Originally Posted by Duke Malcolm
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But it's His/Her Majesty's Ship.
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Re: Royal Navy, Royal Airforce.....
No. The Royal Navy started as the Navies of the Kings of England and Scotland -- funded by them or erstwhile on their behalf. The Navies became one in 1603 or 1707 (not sure, but the Scottish Navy was only a couple of ships at the time after financial hardships). They have always been the Navy of the King, the Navy Royal.
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