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11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) was raised in 1715.
It continued in British Army service until 1969, when it merged with the 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) to form The Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own).
Badge in the form of a pillar, charged with the arms of Saxony, rising from a coronet, with a scroll below bearing the motto, 'Treu und Fest' (Loyal and Sure); surmounted by another coronet with five peacock feathers.
The 11th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons were stationed in Kent when Prince Albert landed at Dover in 1840. It therefore provided his escort as far as Canterbury and part of the escort at his ensuing wedding to Queen Victoria. Albert thus adopted it, becoming its colonel, converting it to hussars and granting it his name, title, motto, crest and crimson livery trousers.
