EDINBURGH, Scotland – A king penguin knighted by the Norwegian King’s Guard in 2008 was given a new rank at his Scottish zoo home: Brigadier.

Nils Olav, the third king penguin at the Edinburgh Zoo to bear his name and serve as mascot of the Norwegian King’s Guard since 1972, was promoted to brigadier Monday morning by King’s Guard members in town to perform at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.

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(Photo courtesy of Edinburgh Zoo)