After leaving Harrow School with a single O-level, the Duke failed the entrance examination to the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst . [ 1 ] The Duke joined the Territorial Army in 1970 as a trooper .
Later in 1973 the Duke attended Sandhurst and subsequently commanded the(The Cheshire Yeomanry) Squadron, founded by his ancestors, and the The Queen's Own Yeomanry . He was also appointed the Honorary Colonel of several Regiments, including the 7th Regt. Army Air Corps , the Royal Mercian and Lancastrian Yeomanry , the Queen's Own Yeomanry, Northumbria Universities Officer Training Corps, Colonel in Chief of the Canadian Royal Westminster Regiment and Colonel Commandant Yeomanry .
