completely off topic and darn odd

[barkis]

I found out something darn odd on wikipedia; The danish queen is colonel in chief at the Princess of Waless Royal Regiment :shock:

How can the danish queen be colonel in chief at a british regiment? :?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_of_Wales's_Royal_Regiment
Look under commanders in the info-bar to the right. Is it wrong?

 

[AccordionUprising]

Off topic is no problem with me, but are there added prizes for anybody who includes an accordion in their answer to this mystery?

 

[larus]

More off topic - General Norman Schwatzkopf said " going to war without the French is like going hunting without an accordion".

 

[TomBR]

Sounds like good old fashioned European diplomacy of the Talleyrand/Metternich era - give a foreign head of state an honour that also gives them a point of personal contact, though no actual influence of course. The same ideals as "twinning" in grander form.

 

[goldtopia]

Does the Danish Queen play an accordion ?

 

[barkis]

Does the Danish Queen play an accordion ?

There is a picture of the swedish king Gustaf VI Adolf when he still was a prince with a melodeon {}
That should count for something.
http://aforum.genealogi.se/discus/messages/83331/CCI00000-164051.unk