When did Royalty start to wear military uniform ceremonially?

One always sees paintings or photos of Royal men, i.e. kings, dukes, princes etc. wearing military uniforms with all their orders and decorations thereon. When did this practice start, and where? It is a trend everyone, from the British to the Russians and even the Chinese as late as when Emperor Puyi ruled over Manchukuo as a Japanese puppet-emperor.When did Royalty start to wear military uniform ceremonially?That's been going on for centuries, and as a monarch is always Commander in Chief of his/her country's armed forces, there has always been a connection between royalty and the military. Most royal families, back in the mists of time, became the royal family by the use of military force, or at least military superiority. It's been quite a tradition ever since for royal men to do at least some military service, and still going strong in the British Royal Family - Prince Philip served in the Royal Navy in WWII, Prince Charles served in the Royal Navy too rising to command of a ship, Prince Andrew flew helicopters in the Falklands in 1982, Prince Edward started training with the Royal Marines but wasn't keen on it and left before graduating as an officer, and Princes William and Harry are army officers.When did Royalty start to wear military uniform ceremonially?
The red coat has evolved from being the British infantryman's ordinary uniform to a garment retained only for ceremonial purposes. Its official adoption dates from February 1645, when the Parliament of England passed the New Model Army ordinance. The new English Army (there was no 'Britain' until the union with Scotland in 1707) was formed of 22,000 men, divided into 12 foot regiments of 1200 men each, 11 horse regiments of 600 men each, one dragoon regiment of 1000 men, and the artillery, consisting of 50 guns. The infantry regiments wore coats of Venetian red with white facings. However, the uniforms of the Yeoman of the Guard (formed 1485) and the Yeomen Warders (also formed 1485) have traditionally been in Tudor red and gold and indicate that the tradition of English Infantry wearing red coats may long predate the formation of the New Model Army.



Oliver Cromwell wrote to Sir William Spring in 1643: "I had rather have a plain, russet-coated captain that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a gentleman and is nothing else" (Oxford Dictionary of Quotations)When did Royalty start to wear military uniform ceremonially?In Britain, only during the French Revolutionary/Napoleonic Wars. The country was facing foreign invasion, so the King and the Royal Princes all got kitted out in uniform to review battalions of volunteers, etc. to encourage the nation.



After the Napoleonic wars it was a lot more normal for European monarchs to appear in military rather than court dress. The Duke of Wellington disapproved of this: he thought that the post-war Prussian and Russian monarchs "looked like sergeant-majors" compared to the ancien regime kings.When did Royalty start to wear military uniform ceremonially?
Royalty began as soldiers.



Most of European royalty GOT there by being warriors.When did Royalty start to wear military uniform ceremonially?This practice goes back to the Dawn of Civilization.

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