Bath Star for its officer rank "pips", but rather the Order of the Garter Star. Prince Harry wore the uniform at the wedding of his brother, Prince William, to Catherine Middleton. Both Prince Harry and Prince William also received permission from the Queen to wear the frock coat version of the uniform to Prince Harry's wedding to Meghan Markle. The modern mess dress worn by officers of the regiment reflects the traditions of the Royal Dragoons and includes a scarlet jacket with dark blue facings. Commanding officers The commanding officers have been: Lt Col Richard M. H. Vickers: March 1969–December 1970 Lt Col James A. C. G. Eyre: December 1970–July 1973 Lt Col William S.H. Boucher: July 1973–October 1975 Lt Col John H. Pitman: October 1975–February 1978 Lt Col Henry O. Hugh Smith: February 1978–April 1980 Lt Col James G. Hamilton-Russell: April 1980–October 1982 Lt Col Jeremy D. Smith-Bingham: October 1982–April 1985 Lt Col Hywel W. Davies: April 1985–August 1987 Lt Col Timothy J. Sulivan: August 1987–January 1990 Lt Col Peter B. Rogers: January 1990–October 1992 Colonels-in-chief The regiment's colonels-in-chief were as follows: 1969–2022 Queen Elizabeth II 2022–present King Charles III Regimental colonels The regiment's colonels were as follows: 1969–1979: Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer (formerly Colonel of Royal Horse Guards), Deputy Colonel: General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick (formerly Colonel of 1st The Royal Dragoons) 1979–1998: General Sir Desmond Fitzpatrick 1998–present: Anne, Princess Royal Battle honours The battle honours are: Tangier 1662–1680, Dettingen, Warburg, Beaumont, Willems, Fuentes d'Onor, Peninsula, Waterloo, Balaclava, Sevastopol, Tel el Kebir, Egypt 1882, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899–1902 The Great War: Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Messines 1914, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1914, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, St Julien, Ypres 1915, Frezenberg, Loos, Arras 1917, Scarpe 1917, Ypres 1917, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Somme 1918, St Quentin, Avre, Amiens, Hindenburg Line, Beaurevoir, Cambrai 1918, Sambre, Pursuit to Mons, France and Flanders 1914–18 The Second World War: Mont Pincon, Souleuvre, Noireau Crossing, Amiens 1944, Brussels, Neerpelt, Nederrijn, Lingen, Veghel, Nijmegen, Rhine, Bentheim, North-West Europe 1944–1945, Baghdad 1941, Iraq 1941, Palmyra, Syria 1941, Msus, Gazala, Knightsbridge, Defence of Alamein Line, El Alamein, El Agheila, Advance on Tripoli, North Africa 1941–43, Sicily 1943, Arezzo, Advance to Florence, Gothic Line, Italy 1943–44 Falkland Islands 1982 Iraq 2003* *Awarded jointly with the Life Guards for services of the Household Cavalry Regiment References Sources External links Household Cavalry