The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were given a warm welcome at a hillside village on the last day of their tour of Nepal.

Prince Edward and Princess Sophie observed a parade of 274 new Nepali recruits for the British Army in Pokhara. The royal ...

The Duke of Edinburgh told new Gurkha recruits to be proud of being a “soldier in the British army but a son of Nepal” as he ...

The parade marks the end of the highly competitive selection process, with just 275 graduating today after 13,000 applicants.

Nepal has always had a presence in my life. Not just in my grandmother’s stories of her time there with my grandfather, a Major General in the British Gurkhas, but in the fragments of their ...

They then signed the Visitors Book before going on to grab a picture posing with Gurkha veterans, widows and staff at the centre. Sophie touched down in Nepal's capital Kathmandu first on ...

spent the night in Ghandruk - a rural village in central Nepal overlooking the Himalayas, which has produced many Gurkha recruits for The Army. Colourfully dressed villagers carrying flowers ...

Prince Edward and Princess Sophie begin a six-day private visit to Nepal, engaging with local leaders and communities. Their ...

The Duke of Edinburgh told new Gurkha recruits to be proud of being a “soldier in the British army but a son of Nepal” as he attended their attestation ceremony. Edward and his wife Sophie met ...