Quote Originally Posted by Bigkahuna View Post
Sorry for butting in so late but wasn't Czar Nicholas the C-i-C of the Scots Greys at one point and the donor of their white Bearskin for their bass drummer/kettltdrummer?
Correct on both counts. Wilhelm II was also a C-i-C of a regiment (the KRRC comes to mind, but don't quote me) until 1914, when he was stripped of that honour.

T.