Navy uniform or not? What's going to the Royal household put on at Queen's funeral | World News

Britain's longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, can be laid to relaxation at Westminster Abbey on Monday. The monarch’s state funeral will mark the primary in Britain since former UK prime minister Sir Winston Churchill's in 1965. Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully final Thursday. She was 96.

Because the royal household can be in attendance, Buckingham Palace stated that solely working members of the royal household who maintain a navy rank may put on the uniform on the state funeral service at Westminster Abbey. This implies King Charles III, William- the Prince of Wales, Anne- the Princess Royal and Prince Edward- the Earl of Wessex will put on the navy uniforms.

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Prince Andrew and Harry- the Duke of Sussex- is not going to put on the navy uniform, BBC reported. Prince Andrew spent 22 years within the Royal Navy serving as a helicopter pilot throughout the Falklands Struggle in 1982. Andrew stepped down as a working royal in 2019. Though Andrew is not going to be sporting the navy uniform throughout the state funeral, an exception was made for him when he wore the navy uniform throughout the Westminster Corridor vigil.

Prince Harry served within the Military for 10 years and was additionally deployed to Afghanistan twice. Harry misplaced his navy titles when he and his spouse Meghan Markle stepped down from their roles in March 2020. Harry additionally wore the navy uniform on the vigil of the Queen's grandchildren.