Posted: Mon 20 Jan, 2003 5:16 pm
Taken from the webBut a career in drama was problematic. Prince Edward had signed on with the Royal Marines who were sponsoring him through university on condition he served with them for five years afterwards.
He dutifully entered the Royal Marines after university but resigned his commission three years later. In total, he served less than four months
Reports said the Duke of Edinburgh, Captain General of the Marines, was displeased. Prince Edward said later that his father had not put undue pressure on him to change his mind.
Military Service
On leaving Cambridge, Edward joined the Marines to train as an officer, an effort to meet the very traditional expectations of his rather straight-laced father. This proved to be a mistake. The Royal Marines are one of the most demanding military units in the world. The Royal Marines turned out to be more than Edward could handle and he soon left the Marines.
I took the above from the web and he did sign up to sponsorship through Cambridge which I do find amusing as he is not short of a bob or two.
It says he did 3 years but that was mainly all spent at Uni. It states he did 4 months all told.
That is not the required time to complete the Green lid part of OTW.
As for all 3 princes having Green lids, I think not. Charles is a Para wannerbee and did a para course but not P Coy and is something like their colonel in chef
I have never seen a picture of him with Green beret or every heard it mentioned
Andrew did not do OTW but did do the Cdo tests like Jim a fix it. Somebody obviously fixed it for Andrew.
Chris
He dutifully entered the Royal Marines after university but resigned his commission three years later. In total, he served less than four months
Reports said the Duke of Edinburgh, Captain General of the Marines, was displeased. Prince Edward said later that his father had not put undue pressure on him to change his mind.
Military Service
On leaving Cambridge, Edward joined the Marines to train as an officer, an effort to meet the very traditional expectations of his rather straight-laced father. This proved to be a mistake. The Royal Marines are one of the most demanding military units in the world. The Royal Marines turned out to be more than Edward could handle and he soon left the Marines.
I took the above from the web and he did sign up to sponsorship through Cambridge which I do find amusing as he is not short of a bob or two.
It says he did 3 years but that was mainly all spent at Uni. It states he did 4 months all told.
That is not the required time to complete the Green lid part of OTW.
As for all 3 princes having Green lids, I think not. Charles is a Para wannerbee and did a para course but not P Coy and is something like their colonel in chef
I have never seen a picture of him with Green beret or every heard it mentioned
Andrew did not do OTW but did do the Cdo tests like Jim a fix it. Somebody obviously fixed it for Andrew.
Chris
(I do have a bit of sympathy for what, I think, Dave Barrett described as a brave decision on his part - leaving CTC was unthinkable, I'd rather do the whole thing twice than go home and say I couldn't hack it)