SHAH ALAM: RMR in London. A group of soldiers from the 1 Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment (RMR) – 1 RAMD – is currently in London to take part in the coronation ceremony for King Charles III. The soldiers are part of the Commonwealth contingent taking part in the ceremony on May 6.
From BTDM:
1 RAMD TERUS KOMITED BERSAMA NEGARA KOMANWEL BAGI MENJAYAKAN ISTIADAT PERTABALAN RAJA CHARLES III
LONDON: Kontinjen Batalion Pertama Rejimen Askar Melayu Diraja (1 RAMD) yang mewakili Tentera Darat Malaysia (TDM) terus komited melaksanakan latihan persiapan bersama wakil negara komanwel yang lain bagi menjayakan Istiadat Pertabalan Raja Charles III, Pemerintah Tertinggi United Kingdom di Istana Buckingham yang akan berlangsung pada 6 Mei 2023.
Pegawai Memerintah mengucapkan selamat maju jaya dan turut memberi kata semangat kepada kontinjen 1 RAMD yang akan menjalani latihan kawad di Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Kali terakhir Istiadat Pertabalan Pemerintah Tertinggi United Kingdom ini dilaksanakan pada 2 Jun 1953 ketika pertabalan Ratu Elizabeth II melibatkan semua negara Komanwel.
– Batalion Pertama Rejimen Askar Melayu Diraja
The King and Queen is also expected to be in London, in the next few days to attend the coronation ceremony, according to Wisma Putra release today.
1 RMR is no stranger to parades in London though. A group of 1 RMR soldiers also took part in the Queen’s Jubilee Pageant to celebrate the 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II in June 2022. Back in 2008, another batch 1 RMR soldiers performed public duties at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and the Tower of London for a month
— Malaysian Defence
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View Comments (5)
Did we send a detachment for the Queen's funeral procession? I recalled in the live documentary, that members of the Commonwealth had send reps for the event.
No, we didn't
The RMR has only been to London on 3 previous occasions; the Victory parade to mark the end of WW2: the Queen's coronation and in 2008 for guard duties at Buckingham Palace.
"No, we didn’t"
Sad. Yeah there might be some noise from anticolonialists or accusations of kowtowing to our former masters if we did participate but regardless we should pay respect to the head of the Commonwealth that we're part off.
The King and Queen were there. And I believed one of the DA/ADAs in UK took part in the funeral parade