William all action as he gives British troops big morale boost in Estonia

THE Prince of Wales said he hoped his visit to Estonia would “keep everyone on their toes” as he donned full military gear on a visit to an Army base in the Baltic state.

- By Emily Ferguson Royal Editor, in Tapa

William, colonel-in-chief of the Mercian Regiment, met British troops training alongside Estonian forces at Tapa Camp, around 80 miles from the Russian border.

On his morale-boosting mission, he rode in a Challenger 2 tank before heading inside the commander’s turret of a Warrior infantry fighting vehicle to give him an “eagle-eye view” of a trench warfare exercise.

Soldiers were already firing machine guns from the vehicles into the trench as William rolled in and he watched as members of the regiment undertook an exercise to spot and break into an enemy area before capturing targets.