Kate Middleton has three new royal titles, William has the one Harry cared about most

Small reshuffle of titles inside of the British royal family, which involved all senior royals, including Kate Middleton. These are above all military titles, returned to the monarchy after Prince Harry’s farewell to London and after the Epstein scandal, which deprived Andrew of York of many of his own, including those won in the field.

And just to Kate Middleton went one of the honorary titles previously held by the king’s younger brother, that of Commodore in Chief of the Fleet Air Arm (the commodore is an officer in chief, the Fleet is the air section of the Royal Navy, edlisten), Colonel-in-Chief of the Queen’s Dragoon Guards (a reconnaissance regiment also known as The Welsh Cavalry) and Royal Honorary Air Commodore of Royal Air Force Coningsby.

This last title Kate had from William, who held it before her. A “gift” that could be particularly dear to the princess, because her paternal grandfather, Peter Middleton, he was an RAF pilot and also worked alongside Prince Philip for a few months. It was 1962 and the two flew together during the tour that brought Elizabeth II’s husband to South America that year.

“It is an honor”, commented Kate and William from their official social profiles, sharing a short video of the military bodies to which their new responsibilities refer. Important news also for the Prince of Wales, to whom Charles III assigned, among others, the title his son Harry cared about most: Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps, where the Duke of Sussex served as an Apache helicopter pilot in Afghanistan.

A more than predictable reassignment after Mexgit, but arrived after three years, perhaps in the hope that Harry would retrace his steps. Which has not happened and will not happen, as evidenced by the «downgrading» on the official website of Buckingham Palace: the prince is no longer a Royal Highness even there.

Prince Harry has been officially ‘downgraded’ by Buckingham Palace

Three years after Megxit, the British royal family confirmed the new status of the second son of Charles III, who renounced the title of “royal highness” together with his role as royal senior. He will no longer be able to use it, unless he decides to retrace his steps

In short, Queen Elizabeth first and then Charles gave him some time to evaluate a change of pace, now expired, and those titles could not remain vacant forever. Everyone is going along the road he has chosen, without (at least apparent) nostalgia.