Soldier who led iconic Princess Kate's Wolfhound mascot sacked for cocaine use

The worker marched with the wolfhound connected a fig of high-profile ceremonial events (Image: Getty)

A worker who led the Army’s world-famous wolfhound Seamus has been sacked aft investigating affirmative for people A drugs.

Drummer Ashley Dean was caught aft investigating affirmative for cocaine pursuing a compulsory cause trial earlier this month.

The worker had marched with the Irish wolfhound connected respective high-profile ceremonial events, but was marched into regimental headquarters conscionable days aft the affirmative trial to pass him that his services were nary longer required successful the equipped forces.

A root said that Drummer Dean, who served successful the Irish Guards, a regiment whose colonel-in-chief is Kate, Princess of Wales, was caught retired by a random cause trial a fewer weeks ago, The Sun reports.

He said: "A fewer Tuesdays agone they did a compulsory cause trial and it came backmost affirmative for cocaine. He’s conscionable been kicked retired for it, they usually effort and get you retired truly quick."

Princess Kate is the Colonel-in-chief of the Irish Guards (Image: Getty)

The root added: "He would person been astir the royals and overseas enactment figures — helium would person been gathering them. I don’t deliberation it’s bully for radical going astir royalty to beryllium doing that, it brings a atrocious sanction to the battalion."

The British Army has a zero tolerance connected cause use, with mandatory spot checks undertaken regularly to guarantee that soldiers are not consuming banned substances.

The substance is taken truthful earnestly that soldier-athletes are issued with supplement guidance akin to that received by nonrecreational sports stars and those recovered to person tested affirmative are astir ever discharged retired of the service.

Drummer Dean served with the set of the Irish Guards, which regularly performs astatine royal events including tourer favourite Changing the Guard extracurricular Buckingham Palace.

Before she stopped nationalist engagements to person cancer treatment, Kate was often seen stroking the wolfhound and different Army ceremonial dogs

Kate took implicit arsenic Colonel-in-Chief from Prince William successful 2022 (Image: Getty)

Turlough Mor is the regiment’s 17th authoritative mascot named aft an past king.

However, helium is known affectionately arsenic ‘Seamus’.

The service declined to remark connected idiosyncratic cases but said successful a statement: “The Army’s presumption is clear: substance misuse is incompatible with Army life, and it volition ne'er beryllium tolerated.

“Armed Forces employment is unique, and each worker is expected to unrecorded by the Army’s Values and Standards, which is underpinned by the Army Discipline system.

“Service unit are truthful regularly tested for substance misuse and those who neglect a drugs trial tin expect to beryllium discharged from the Service.”