Why Harry didn't put on a army go well with at Queen's funeral procession | World News

The ultimate journey of Britain's longest-serving monarch Queen Elizabeth II from Buckingham Palace to the Westminster Corridor at Parliament witnessed two brothers stroll behind one more coffin 25 years after they captured hearts doing the identical. Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, joined his elder brother William, Prince of Charles and Britain's new inheritor obvious, within the funeral procession of the Queen. The scenes triggered recollections from once they had been younger and walked collectively behind their mom Diana's coffin.

Nevertheless, what one might have seen is how Harry was carrying a morning go well with together with his army medals, however not the ceremonial garb, regardless of having served within the British Military for a decade, which incorporates two excursions of responsibility in Afghanistan.

William and their father - the brand new monarch of Britain, King Charles III, had been each in army fits. The king's sister Princess Anne, and youthful brother Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, had been additionally seen within the ceremonial garb. Anne's son Peter Philips, Queen's son Prince Andrew and Harry had been those lacking the army outfit.

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Prince Harry is now not allowed to put on his army go well with. He, and his spouse Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, stepped down as senior working royals in 2020, and have been residing within the US since then. Earlier than the funeral procession commenced, a spokesperson of Harry mentioned that he might be carrying a morning go well with in any respect occasions main as much as the funeral.

Prince Andrew, the brand new monarch's youthful brother and the Queen's third little one, was additionally stripped off his royal titles over a intercourse assault scandal.

Prince William, however, is a full-time working royal alongside together with his spouse Catherine (Kate) Middleton, Princes of Wales.

Tensions have been excessive between Harry and Meghan, and the remainder of the royal household for the reason that couple's candid interview to Ophrah Winfrey in 2018 whereby he talked about his father and brother feeling trapped within the royal life.

(With inputs from AFP)