[ Message Archive | Royal Jewels of the World Message Board ]

    Re: Leek badge of the Welsh Guards Archived Message

    Posted by Nellie on May 2, 2015, 3:27 am, in reply to "Re: Leek badge of the Welsh Guards"


    I'm sorry I have lost details of the occasion for the leeks. Perhaps when new colours were presented but that's a guess.

    --Previous Message--
    : Thank you for the taking the trouble to make
    : the panel Arthur. It is much appreciated;
    : now we can see that the badges are very
    : different. That does not surprise me. No
    : regiment would expect the Queen to share a
    : badge with other royal ladies and to expect
    : that the Duchess of Cornwall would wear the
    : one given to Diana, Princess of Wales could
    : be seen as insensitive, even if there is/was
    : a tradition that the badge was
    : "owned" by the regiment in the
    : same way as the shamrock badge of the Irish
    : Guards is and has been worn by different
    : royal ladies.
    :
    : I always laugh when I see the photo you
    : posted Nellie. Thank you.
    :
    :

    Message Thread: