The King is to become patron of the Royal British Legion after a major review of more than a thousand royal patronages following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The director general of the country’s leading armed forces charity said: “There's always been a unique and special relationship between the monarch and the armed forces community, so we are all delighted by today's announcement.” Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We are honoured and delighted at the Royal British Legion that today
00:03we're learning that King Charles III will become the new patron of the Royal British Legion
00:08and there's always been a unique and special relationship between the Monarch
00:11and the Armed Forces community so we are all delighted by today's announcement.
00:16So as patron the King will help us to shine a light on the service of those
00:20who are currently in the Armed Forces but also those that have served in the past.
00:25He has always supported the Royal British Legion in terms of the welfare work that we do,
00:29providing support and financial assistance to those in the Armed Forces community
00:34but importantly he also leads the country in remembrance.
00:38Whether that is at the remembrance events at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday
00:43or whether that's attending the Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance
00:47it's really important that those that have served are never forgotten
00:50and the King will lead that on behalf of the nation.