field marshal

In 1993, he was promoted to field marshal - the highest rank in the Army.

King Charles III, in dress uniform and carrying a field marshal’s baton, walked behind the coffin, joined by his sister, Princess Anne, and their two brothers, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.

He is now the centre of attention, commander-in-chief as well as chief mourner, and walked holding out a field marshal's baton in his hand.

In 1799, as field marshal, he led a celebrated strategic retreat through the Swiss Alps, suffering only minimal losses to vastly more numerous French forces.

Bashir and his contemporaries may still be on trial, but the man who ruled Sudan for nearly 30 years, holding the highest army rank of field marshal, is no longer in jail.