Personal aide-de-camp

Personal Aide-de-Camp to the King (or Queen) is an appointment in the Royal Household of the United Kingdom.

[3] The practice of appointing family members as Personal Aides-de-Camp was begun in the 1870s by Queen Victoria.

[3] In 1895 she wrote to her cousin The Duke of Cambridge (who was approaching the end of his tenure as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces) to inform him of her intention to appoint him as her first personal Aide-de-Camp, 'with the right of attending me on all military occasions and of holding the Parade on my birthday'.

[4] In 1937 and 1953, the Personal Aides-de-Camp were specifically listed as riding close behind the Gold State Coach in the Coronation procession.

[5][6] There are other categories of aides-de-camp to the Sovereign; most are serving military, naval, and air officers, usually of colonel or brigadier rank or equivalent.

Prince William in the gold cord ( aiguillette ) of the queen's personal aide-de-camp, 2013 [ 1 ]
The Duke of Edinburgh (left) and Prince of Wales wear two royal cyphers on each shoulder, having been Personal Aides-de-Camp to two monarchs (Charles III and Elizabeth II).