When Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, retired from working royal life, he was stripped of his honorary titles, which affected his ability to wear his military uniform to official events. While palace officials had initially banned Harry from wearing his uniform, they reversed the decision after news broke that an exception was being made to allow his uncle/notoriously disgraced royal Prince Andrew to wear his military uniform when on vigil with the others. of the Queen’s children on Friday. “The reversal – first reported by the Mirror – follows Harry’s statement saying that ‘his military service is not defined by the uniform he wears’, but it is understood the palace caved to public sentiment after thousands protested the decision to ban him and not the Prince. Andrew,” royal correspondent and author Omid Scobie explained on Twitter on Thursday. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information on their website. Although Harry was eventually allowed to wear his military uniform for the occasion (reportedly at the request of his father, King Charles), there was still an obvious slight hitch when Harry realized that the Queen’s initials, “ER”, they had been removed from the shoulder patch on his jacket (but not, notably, from the shoulder of his brother William’s jacket). Chris JacksonGetty Images According to a report by the UK’s Sunday Times royal correspondent Roya Nikkhah, Harry was “devastated” by the removal of the Queen’s initials to find that the Queen’s initials “ER” had been removed from the shoulder and reportedly thought not to wear his uniform. the vigil as a result. “He’s heartbroken,” a friend of Harry told the Sunday Times (according to the Daily Beast). “His removal of his grandmother’s initials is very appropriate.” As Us Weekly reports, Buckingham Palace has not publicly explained why the Queen’s initials appear to have been removed from Harry’s vigil outfit.
Kayleigh Roberts Kayleigh Roberts is the weekend editor at Cosmo, focusing on celebrity news and the royals.