No drinking tonight, jokes King to Grenadier Guards ahead of Trooping the Colour

King Charles jokes as he meets Grenadier Guards ahead of Trooping the Colour: 'No drinking tonight!'

King Charles paid a visit to the Grenadier Guards at Lille Barracks in Aldershot on Friday evening, offering his best wishes ahead of Saturday's Trooping the Colour ceremony.In his capacity as Colonel-in-Chief, the monarch met with members of his King's Company, a unit that maintains a particularly close bond with the sovereign.Charles wished the soldiers "great success" and assured them "you'll make us very proud of you."The King also drew laug…

No drinking tonight, jokes King to Grenadier Guards ahead of Trooping the Colour

Charles praised the guardsmen in his role as the regiment’s Colonel-in-Chief when he visited his King’s Company at Lille Barracks in Aldershot. The King has wished soldiers from the Grenadier Guards “great success” ahead of the weekend’s Trooping the Colour ceremony and quipped “no drinking tonight”. Charles praised the guardsmen in his role as the regiment’s Colonel-in-Chief when he visited his King’s Company, which has a special affinity with …