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Prince Harry REACTS to Military Uniform Controversy
Prince Harry has kept his honorary decorations adjacent to his chest.
For Queen Elizabeth II's procession connected Sept. 14, the Duke of Sussex—who walked alongside member Prince William, dad King Charles III and different royals down his grandmother's coffin—wore his subject medals connected the thorax of his suit. As a non-working subordinate of the royal family, Harry was not permitted to wear his subject azygous astatine immoderate of the accepted events starring up to the Queen's funeral.
In effect to the rule, the 37-year-old expressed that he wanted to support the focus connected honoring the precocious British monarch.
"Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, volition deterioration a greeting suit passim events honoring his grandmother," his spokesperson said successful a Sept. 13 connection to E! News. "His decennary of subject work is not determined by the azygous helium wears, and we respectfully inquire that absorption stay connected the beingness and bequest of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II."
Harry—who stepped backmost from royal duties with woman Meghan Markle successful aboriginal 2020—spent 10 years successful the Army, serving 2 tours successful Afghanistan (The archetypal being from 2007-2008 and the 2nd from 2012 to 2013).
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Although Harry's uncle Prince Andrew is besides a non-working subordinate of the royal family, according to a spokesperson for King Charles, Andrew volition beryllium allowed to deterioration his azygous "special people of respect for the Queen astatine the last vigil."
Two days aft his grandma passed distant connected Sept. 8, the Duke of Sussex spoke to mourners extracurricular of Windsor Castle. In his connection to the crowd, Harry shared, "It's a lonely spot up determination present without her. Every country she was in, we felt her beingness throughout."
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