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With collapse of the Eastern-Bloc, the threat from Eastern Europe diminished in the eyes of the politicians and in the early 1990s, the then British government introduced a measure designed to streamline the armed forces, called Options for Change. This programme saw many leave the forces on a mass "redundancy" package, and this in turn led to the amalgamation of several units within the British army.
On 1 December 1992, the regiment amalgamated with the 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars to form The Light Dragoons.
Their motto remains Viret et aertenum - May Their Name Flourish Forever, and Pro rege, Pro lege, Pro patria conamour - For King, For Justice, for Country we fight.
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