{"id":621459,"date":"2026-06-04T21:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/621459\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T21:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:30:10","slug":"king-proud-to-see-newly-formed-gurkha-unit-in-wiltshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/621459\/","title":{"rendered":"King &#8216;proud&#8217; to see newly formed Gurkha unit in Wiltshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">King Charles III has praised the &#8220;determination and commitment&#8221; of the newly formed King&#8217;s Gurkha Artillery unit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The monarch watched as the troops took part in a formation parade at Larkhill Barracks in Wiltshire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The King was greeted with a 21-gun salute and presented with a large traditional mala flower garland, which was placed around his neck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The parade celebrated the creation of the Army&#8217;s first dedicated Gurkha Artillery Unit.  King Charles said it showed the &#8220;enduring and deeply valued relationship between the United Kingdom and Nepal&#8221;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles III has praised the &#8220;determination and commitment&#8221; of the newly formed King&#8217;s Gurkha Artillery unit. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-621459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}