Why Prince Harry Didn't Wear His Military Uniform to King's Coronation

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Prince Harry's attire for King Charles III's coronation? 

The Duke of Sussex wore a greeting suit to the historical juncture astatine Westminster Abbey successful London connected May 6. As for wherefore helium didn't deterioration his subject uniform? While an nonstop crushed has not been given, it whitethorn beryllium due to the fact that he's nary longer a moving subordinate of the royal household (E! News has reached retired to his rep for comment).

After all, Harry—who served successful the British Army for 10 years and undertook 2 operational tours of Afghanistan—was not allowed to deterioration his subject azygous to Queen Elizabeth II's ceremonial past September for the aforesaid reason.

However, the 38-year-old—who stepped backmost from this relation with Meghan Markle backmost successful 2020—tried to support the absorption connected his grandmother. 

"Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex volition deterioration a greeting suit passim events honoring his grandmother," a spokesperson for the duke—who did deterioration his subject medals to the ceremonial procession and was allowed to don his azygous astatine a vigil astatine the petition of the king—told E! News astatine the time. "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's attire isn't the lone happening to marque headlines this coronation weekend. His reunion with the royal household 4 months aft the merchandise of his bombshell memoir Spare volition arsenic well.

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Initially, it was unclear if Harry would be the king's coronation fixed the authorities of his narration with Charles and his member Prince William (with Harry telling 60 Minutes' Anderson Cooper successful January that helium hadn't spoken to them successful "a while").

However, his rep confirmed past period that the Duke of Sussex would beryllium astatine the lawsuit portion the Duchess of Sussex would enactment astatine the couple's location successful California on with their girl Princess Lilibet, 23 months, and lad Prince Archie, whose 4th day falls connected the aforesaid time arsenic the coronation.

So what volition it beryllium similar erstwhile Harry and William are some astatine the ceremony? 

"I bash deliberation that some of these gentlemen are, you know, mature capable to astatine slightest beryllium cordial with each other," royal correspondent Sharon Carpenter exclusively told E! News up of the coronation. "Maybe there's not going to beryllium immoderate heavy speech going on, but they're precise alert that the eyes of the satellite are going to beryllium connected them. Everyone is watching their each move." 

And portion she noted they whitethorn not person clip immoderate "reconciliation talks" fixed the afloat docket this weekend, she takes some of their presences astatine the coronation to beryllium a affirmative sign.

"They whitethorn prevention this benignant of deeper speech for the adjacent trip," Sharon added. "But you know—at slightest if we spot them cordial together—I deliberation it's conscionable fantastic that they're each going to beryllium unneurotic again. I deliberation that is conscionable a large move, a expansive determination successful the close direction."

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Prince Harry

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Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece & Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece

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King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand & Queen Suthida of Thailand

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French President Emmanuel Macron & Brigitte Macron

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Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands & Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

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King Philippe of Belgium & Queen Mathilde of Belgium

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King Abdulla II of Jordan & Queen Rania of Jordan

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Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden & King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

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Former Prime Minister of UK John Major

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Katy Perry & Edward Enninful

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Jill Biden

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First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Former Prime Minister of UK Theresa May

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Finnegan Biden

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Emma Thompson

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