Queen Elizabeth\u0027s death has left more than a dozen Canadian Armed Forces units without a patron.
The Department of National Defence says in addition to serving as the Canadian military’s longest-serving commander-in-chief, the Queen held honorary positions with 18 individual military units.From our newsroom to your inbox at noon, the latest headlines, stories, opinion and photos from the Toronto Sun.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
“Where do they go? Who do they go to? Is there going to be less of a tendency to grant them to members of the Royal Family?” said Lagasse. “There’s questions around whether or not it’s still good practice to do that.” There has been one exception to the tradition of having members of the Royal Family serve as colonels-in-chief, when former governor general Adrienne Clarkson took over such a position with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in 2007.
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