AboutMark Smith Expertise I have a good basic knowledge of British history, but my speciality is the Kings and Queens of England and Scotland from 927 AD.
Experience No professional experience, but a lifelong interest and access to a variety of sources of information.
Question was there any change in legislation forbidding ruling british monarchs from commanding there troops in battle after george II's death or is it just a convention undertaken by the regents since the death.
Answer Hello Peter.
There has never been any legislation forbidding Monarchs from leading their troops into battle. In the era of absolute Monarchs it was important for a King to be seen as a strong warrior and leader of men, hence the necessity for them to be seen on the battlefield. But since the advent of a Constitutional Monarchy that need has no longer existed. George II was the last as you said, but other Princes have been present in battles before they became King, the last example (excluding Princes Andrew and Harry, who'll probably never be King) being Albert George, Duke of York, later King George VI, who was a junior office at the naval battle of Jutland in 1916.
Mark
