Lord Dannatt says up to 40,000 UK troops would be needed for such a mission and "we just haven't got that number available".

According to a press statement issued by the British Embassy in Kathmandu, the Royal couple at the event witnessed the formal ...

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 lives that had made their way to me – in ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh attend the attestation parade in Pokhara (Yui Mok/PA) The Duke of Edinburgh told new Gurkha recruits to be proud of being a “soldier in the British army but a ...