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“1st Life Guards Charging French Artillery at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815” by William Heath, 1820.

Multiple of Knight’s ancestors were officers in the 1st Life Guards regiment, the most senior regiment of the British Army and the regiment that has traditionally had the reputation of having the most aristocratic officer corps. Prior to the Cardwell Reforms that abolished the purchasing of officer’s commissions in the British Army in 1871, officer’s commissions in the 1st Life Guards and the 2nd Life Guards generally commanded the most expensive prices.

Luftwaffe officers during the Second World War

Lady’s great grandfather (mother’s father’s father) was an officer and combat pilot in the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War.

1st Life Hussars Regiment of the Prussian Army and the Imperial German Army in formation. The regiment was nicknamed the “Death’s Head Hussars” for their famous Totenkopf (skull) emblem on their headgear and their black uniforms.

Danzig, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire. 15 September 1911.

Multiple of Lady’s ancestors were officers in the 1st Life Hussars Regiment “Death’s Head Hussars”, including her great great grandfather (mother’s father’s father’s father) who was an officer in that regiment during the First World War.

Victoria Luise, German Princess and Princess of Prussia, in the uniform of the 2nd Life Hussars Regiment.

In addition to being the daughter of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King of Prussia, Victoria Luise is also the great granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, the grandmother of King Constantine II of Greece, and the great grandmother of King Felipe VI of Spain.

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