The exercise involved a soldier suffering a gunshot wound to his lower left leg and being evacuated from the scene by his colleagues. Then Kate assisted Lance Corporal Jodie Newell in administering first aid. She applied a tourniquet to his lower left leg to stop the bleeding. The soldier was then moved onto a stretcher where Kate helped with assessing him for further injuries to his torso.
Kate, who is Colonel of the Irish Guards, was visiting the troops for the first time since receiving the honorary appointment last year. She took over as Royal Colonel from her husband, William, the Prince of Wales.
1. The Princess of Wales, Colonel of the Irish Guards. Pictures by Steve Reigate/Daily Express/PA Wire
The Princess of Wales, Colonel of the Irish Guards, meet members of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards, for the first time since receiving the honorary appointment last year, during a visit to the Salisbury Plain Training Area in Wiltshire, to hear first-hand about the work that the Irish Guards are carrying out Photo: Steve Reigate/Daily Express
2. The Princess of Wales, Colonel of the Irish Guards
The Princess of Wales, Colonel of the Irish Guards, during her first visit to the 1st Battalion Irish Guards since becoming Colonel, at the Salisbury Plain Training Area in Wiltshire Photo: Steve Reigate/Daily Express
3. The Princess of Wales, Colonel of the Irish Guards
The Princess of Wales, Colonel of the Irish Guards, is shown how to carry out battlefield casualty drills to deliver care to injured soldiers during a casualty simulation exercise Photo: Steve Reigate/Daily Express
4. The Princess of Wales, Colonel of the Irish Guards
The Princess of Wales, Colonel of the Irish Guards, is shown a weapon systems used by the Irish Guards Photo: Steve Reigate/Daily Express