Overview

• The Royal Household announced her appointment as a reservist by royal decree with the ranks of third-class sailor in the Navy and third-class soldier in the Army and Air Force.
• Her training runs through Defensity College, a part-time Defense Ministry program that combines academic modules with placements over as long as three years.
• Because of her June riding injury, hands-on basic instruction and field exercises are postponed as she starts with classroom study and an internship at the Defence Staff.
• The Royal Household says the activity is unpaid, treated as part of her private life, and framed as formative rather than a pathway to deployment.
• Program leadership says she must meet the same standards as peers, and she is slated for promotion to corporal upon completion of basic training.