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Queen's Regulations

British  

plural noun

  1.  QR.  (in Britain and certain other Commonwealth countries when the sovereign is female) the code of conduct for members of the armed forces

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Paulson: Well, the National Defense Act has a Queen’s Regulations and Orders, which is like a code of justice for the military.

From MSNBC • Oct. 23, 2019

The Queen's Regulations ordained that before a captain could win this prized position he must have completed a period of from five to six years of active service.

From Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 11, 1914 by Various

He might know his drill, he might have read his Queen's Regulations, but he had vague ideas of the power of the Press.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, October 22, 1892 by Various

Wherever the sovereign is residing the Royal Standard is hoisted; and on royal anniversaries and state occasions it is hoisted at certain fortresses or stations—home and foreign—specified in the Queen's Regulations.

From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Macgeorge, Andrew

I should never be left quite alone like that; and anyway, they don't lay down a code of morals for us in the Queen's Regulations.

From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Diver, Maud