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Prince Harry was 1 of the fewer members of the royal household not wearing a subject azygous during Queen Elizabeth II’s ceremonial connected Sept. 19. Here’s why.
Prince William & Prince Harry Hold Vigil for Queen Elizabeth II
The clip has travel for the royal household to accidental their last goodbyes to Queen Elizabeth II.
During the precocious monarch's state ceremonial on Sept. 19, Prince Harry joined his family—including brother, Prince William, and father, King Charles III—in escorting his grandmother's coffin successful a procession wearing a suit and his subject medals. However, owed to his presumption arsenic a non-working subordinate of the royal family, the Duke of Sussex was without subject azygous astatine the service.
"Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex volition deterioration a greeting suit passim events honouring his grandmother," a spokesperson for Harry told E! News on Sept. 13. "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."
The Invictus Games founder—who stepped distant from royal duties with his woman Meghan Markle successful 2020—was not permitted to deterioration a subject azygous astatine the bulk of the events preceding the authorities funeral, including her procession connected Sept. 14.
Harry's work inheritance includes spending 10 years successful the Army and having rose to the fertile of Captain and undertaking 2 tours successful Afghanistan. He besides inactive works with chap servicemen by sponsoring enactment for wounded women and men arsenic they set to beingness post-injury.
Harry wasn't the lone subordinate of the royal household not donning a subject uniform. Prince Andrew, who walked alongside siblings Charles, Princess Anne, and Prince Edward, was besides dressed successful a acheronian greeting suit.
The Duke of York was stripped of his subject titles successful January erstwhile the Queen called connected her lad to instrumentality his subject affiliations and royal patronages to her. The determination came 1 time a U.S. justice denied dismissing a civilian suit brought against him by Virginia Giuffre, who alleged that Prince Andrew sexually abused her erstwhile she was 17 years old. In a 2019 interrogation with BBC, Andrew denied the intersexual battle allegations.
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Although Harry didn't athletics his azygous to the funeral, helium was permitted to deterioration it earlier this week portion standing vigil astatine his grandmother's coffin for 15 minutes of soundlessness connected Sept. 17.
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