The royals and the military have long been entwined. While most royals hold honorary military titles and honours, many of them also undergo specialty training and active duty. Most recently, Denmark's Prince Christian was snapped in a soon-to-be-retired F-16 fighter jet and our own Princess Kate got behind the yoke of a typhoon . Here are all the royals who have had their very own Top Gun moment in flight simulators, helicopters and fighter jets.

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The Princess of Wales

The Princess of Wales had her very own Top Gun moment during a visit to RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire. It marked her first visit to the base since becoming Royal Honorary Air Commodore in August 2023. There, she sat in the pilot's seat of the Typhoon Future Syntheti

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