read an article in a Family Hist mag last wkend which contained a letter to the editor as to why the RN, Royal Marines & RAF have the Royal prefix, but not the British Army- ie no 'Royal Army'- which was answered on the basis that the army was comprised of individual regts which had more identification with their respective commanders or counties of formation as opposed to any overall 'Royal' identity. Now, how could that qn be addressed so that the Britsh Army was from the 17th C known as the Royal Army in line with the Royal Navy ?