A right royal time was had in Brecon recently when Dering Lines barracks hosted the Royal Welsh Regimental Museum’s Zulu dinner.
The event was attended by various notoriety, including Zulu Queen Her Majesty Nompumelelo Zulu, and the South African High Commissioner Jeremiah Nyamane Mamabolo.
They were joined by descendants of the winners of the Victoria Cross at Rorke’s Drift in 1879, members of the Royal Welsh, and enthusiasts of the 1964 Stanley Baker film, Zulu.
The event was held to confirm the friendship between the regiment and the Zulu nation, and featured a showing of exclusive footage from the movie that was commentated over by one of Stanley Baker’s sons, Glyn.
David Bromhead OBE, CBE, former Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Wales, and great great nephew of the Victoria Cross winner Lt Gonville Bromhead, said: ”The important thing is that it produces relations between the Zulu Nation and South Africa, and Wales for the mutual good of all of these nations.”
His great great uncle’s Victoria Cross is now on display in the museum until December 16.
The event also featured Queen Nompumeleo honouring Dorcas Cresswell who initiated and fostered the relationship between the Zulus and the Royal Welsh Regimental Museum.
Mrs Cresswell was awarded a medal of King Goodwill Zwelithini, who died last year of Covid, in recognition of the work in cultural exchange, and enabling King Goodwill to meet King Charles at the Royal Welsh Show in 2019 before the pandemic.