King Charles III visited familiar grounds on Friday, when he attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst for its 200th Sovereign's Parade.The monarch took part in inspecting the nearly 200 cadets who were officially commissioned as Army Officers following an intense 44-week training.
According to the British Army, Charles also presented the new colors for the academy, which «bore the new cypher of His Majesty the King.» Their titles, however, won't be official until «the stroke of midnight during their commissioning ball.»Charles also addressed the cadets when he gave a speech, in which he recalled with pride his sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, both of whom graduated from Sandhurst in 2006.«And, speaking as a father of two alumni of this Academy who remembers their passing out parades, I know they will be full of immense pride in witnessing you on parade,» he said.Charles also recalled his own rigorous training some five decades ago.Prince William and Prince Harry smile at the passing-out Sovereign's Parade at Sandhurst Military Academy on April 12, 2006 in Sandhurst, England.«Having attended — and survived! -- two of the other Military Academies 50 years ago, I think I have some idea of the challenges which are inherent in military training,» he said. «I have experienced the nerves, the exhaustion -- even the self-doubt -- but, despite such recollections, it is the lifelong friendships which are forged through shared hardship, and the humor that you find in the darkest hours of the coldest, wettest nights, which remain with you.»The address at Sandhurst comes less than a month before Charles' coronation ceremony on May 6 in London.
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