British The army removed the ban on beards imposed on its officers for hundreds of years.
According to the British newspaper The Telegraph King Charles On Thursday, he signed the decision allowing British army officers and soldiers to keep beards. King Charles is also the Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces.
According to the newspaper, the Chief of the British Army, General Sir Patrick Sanders, decided to change the appearance of the army after a survey of serving and retired soldiers.
According to the Daily Mail newspaper, Sir Patrick says the change will take effect immediately.
According to the survey results, a ‘vast majority’ felt that the army needed to change the policy to allow soldiers to grow beards.
The decision comes at a time when British Defense Secretary Grant Shoppes described the beard ban as ‘ridiculous’ while discussing the army’s recruitment crisis.
The British Royal Navy and Air Force have lifted the ban before the British Army.
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However, as per the condition of having a beard, soldiers will have to keep their beards in accordance with the British Army’s ‘standard of cleanliness’ and will be assessed.
In a video posted on the Welsh Guards’ X account, Warrant Officer Class One Paul Carney spoke to soldiers and told them their beards would be scrutinised.
British Speaking to The Guardian newspaper, National Army Museum official Julian Fernandes said: ‘The British Army has traditionally followed the prevailing fashion. Beards were allowed in the army until the beginning of the seventeenth century.
“Soldiers used to have beards during the English Wars, but by the beginning of the Eighth President the beard was thrown out of army fashion and then it never came back out of necessity.”
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2024-10-05 02:13:22
