SOLDIERS are celebrating after winning a royal honour in an annual contest.
Members of the 1st battalion, The Green Howards' B company, most of whom are from Teesside and North Yorkshire, have been named as King Harald's Company in the inter-company competition.
The award, called after King Harald V of Norway, was presented to the company after a number of keenly-fought contests, culminating in a marching and shooting competition.
As winners, B company received the King Harald's Company red banner, bearing the king's personal cipher. Its members are entitled to wear a red arm flash, also with the cipher.
Major Jim Willis, commanding officer of the Wiltshire-based company, said: "All the men are delighted to have won this honour, and will wear their new badge with pride."
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