Duke: Wearing a suit doesn’t erase a decade in the Army

THE move to ban Prince Harry from wearing his military uniform at ceremonial events honouring the Queen cannot efface his ‘decade of military service’, his team has stated.

The Duke of Sussex cannot wear military attire at Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral on Monday or at the public events leading up to it as he is not a working royal.

In a statement released ahead of today’s procession through the capital, in which he will join his father the King behind the coffin, his press secretary confirmed he will not don his uniform.

The statement added: ‘Prince Harry... will wear a morning suit throughout the events honouring his grandmother. His decade of military service is not determined by the uniform he wears and we respectfully ask that focus remain on the life and legacy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.’

Prince Harry spent ten years in the Army, rising to the rank of captain and undertaking two tours of Afghanistan. But he was stripped of his honorary military titles in 2020 after he and his wife Meghan announced they were stepping down as senior working royals and moving abroad.

His uncle Prince Andrew is the only other royal banned from wearing military uniform at the ceremonial events and funeral.