FEMALE soldiers in the Queen’s elite bodyguard have demanded the Army stop calling them “men”.
Junior women in the foot guards have called for a change to the rank of Guardsman.
One said she was “so tired of being called a man every day” and asked the Army Servicewomen’s Network: “Does anybody know if the rank of Guardsman is going to change soon?”
It has been suggested the centuries-old rank — which massively predates the lifting of a ban on women in combat roles in 2018 — be replaced simply with “Guard”.
The Army said it was ready for a rethink and that “equality, diversity and inclusivity” were among its priorities.
A spokesman said: “We remain open to different views on the naming of ranks.”
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Thursday’s Trooping the Colour included the first female director of music for a foot guards’ band, Major Lauren Petritz-Watts.
And the Army said 50 per cent of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery identify as female.
Last year, the RAF dropped airman and airwoman in favour of gender-neutral “aviator”, while the Navy asked sailors not to use “gendered words” like “unmanned”, instead suggesting “uncrewed”
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