Prince Charles.Photo: KIRSTY O’CONNOR/POOL/AFP via Getty
It’s been nearly 50 years sincePrince Charles' first parachute drop — but it’s a hard one to forget!
Prince Charlesvisited Merville Barracks on Tuesday to present new Colours — handmade silks, silver and gilt threads used on important occasions — to the British Army’s Parachute Regiment. During a speech, the 72-year-old royal recalled his first parachute drop when he was just 23 years old.
Prince Charles.KIRSTY O’CONNOR/POOL/AFP via Getty
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Prince Charles' office at Clarence House shared a number of throwback photos of the royal training as a jet pilot and participating in a Parachute Training Course in the 1970s.
Prince Charlesconcluded his speech: “Soon you will march off the square and will parade with your new Colours for at least the next twenty years. Whether I shall still be around to present you with new Colours when the time comes, remains to be seen, but I look forward to what the future brings you.”
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He added, “There will be challenges and you will meet them as you always have done, with the same grit, determination and care for each other that were the hallmarks of your founding fathers in World War II.”
source: people.com
