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====Honorary military appointments==== As Princess of Wales, Diana held the following military appointments: ;Australia * Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Royal Australian Survey Corps]]<ref>{{cite book|author=C.D. Coulthard-Clark|title=Australia's Military Mapmakers|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2000|isbn=978-0-19-551343-1}}</ref> ;Canada * Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Princess of Wales' Own Regiment]]<ref name="Tel-army">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5871774/Diana-Princess-of-Wales.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|title=Diana, Princess of Wales|date=31 August 1997|access-date=25 February 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925102324/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/5871774/Diana-Princess-of-Wales.html|archive-date=25 September 2015|url-access=subscription}}</ref> (17 August 1985 to 16 July 1996)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pwor.ca/pwor/honoraries/|title=Honorary Appointments|work=Princess of Wales Own Regiment|accessdate=30 April 2021}}</ref> * Colonel-in-Chief of the [[West Nova Scotia Regiment]] ;United Kingdom * Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment]]<ref name=army>{{London Gazette|issue=52834|page=2581|supp=y|date=13 February 1992}}</ref> * Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Light Dragoons]]<ref name=army/> * Colonel-in-Chief of the [[Royal Hampshire Regiment]]<ref name="Tel-army"/> * Colonel-in-Chief of the [[13th/18th Royal Hussars]] (Queen Mary's Own)<ref name="Tel-army"/> * Honorary Air Commodore, [[RAF Wittering]]<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=50148|page=8028|date=10 June 1985}}</ref> * Lady Sponsor of {{HMS|Cornwall|F99}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.forces.net/royals/unpublished-pictures-princess-diana-launching-hms-cornwall-1985-auction|title=Unpublished pictures of Princess Diana launching HMS Cornwall in 1985 up for auction|work=Forces Network|date=14 January 2023|access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref> * Lady Sponsor of {{HMS|Vanguard|S28}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060024194|title=HMS VANGUARD NAMING CEREMONY WITH HRH DIANA THE PRINCESS OF WALES, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, 30 APRIL 1992 [Allocated Title]|work=Imperial War Museums|date=30 April 1992|accessdate=20 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060024215|title=HMS VANGUARD COMMISSIONING CEREMONY WITH HRH DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES, BARROW-IN-FURNESS, 14 AUGUST 1993 [Allocated Title]|work=Imperial War Museums|date=14 August 1993|accessdate=20 May 2022}}</ref> She relinquished these appointments following her divorce.<ref name="TeenageRoyal"/><ref name="NYT-Divorce"/>
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