Personal aide-de-camp
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Personal Aide-de-Camp to the King is an appointment in the Royal Household of the United Kingdom. It is distinct from that of other aides-de-camp, in that it is only bestowed on members of the British royal family holding military rank. The appointment may be signified by the post-nominal letters 'ADC(P)'. It is an honorary role with few duties or responsibilities attached; in the 20th century the Personal Aides-de-Camp were specifically listed as riding close behind the Gold State Coach at each Coronation, and walking or riding close behind the Gun Carriage at each State Funeral, of a monarch.
The Prince of Wales wearing the insignia (aiguillette over his right shoulder and chest) of a personal aide-de-camp to the sovereign.
Aide-de-camp
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An aide-de-camp is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military, police or government officer, or to a member of a royal family or a head of state.
An 1843 illustration of a French aide-de-camp (right) assisting a général de division (centre) during the Napoleonic wars
Aide-de-camp Colonel Jean-Claude Cloutier with Lise Thibault, lieutenant governor of Quebec in 2006
Royal Canadian Navy shoulder boards worn by honorary aides-de-camp to the lieutenant governors of British Columbia (left) Quebec (centre), and New Brunswick (right)
Jakaya Kikwete, president of Tanzania, with his aide-de-camp (right) at Walter Reed Army Research Institute in May 2009