Harry ‘back in his uniform’ for vigil of grandchildren

PRINCE Harry will wear his military uniform for a lying-instate vigil tomorrow after receiving special permission from royal officials, it was claimed last night.

Buckingham Palace reportedly intervened to allow Harry to wear his military uniform at a vigil staged by the late Queen’s grandchildren at Westminster Hall.

Prince Harry and his brother William, alongside the Queen’s six other grandchildren, will stand in silence for a 15-minute vigil beside her coffin.

A royal source told the Daily Mirror: ‘Common sense has prevailed.

‘It was a ludicrous situation given the Duke of Sussex has served his country and is a highly respected member of the Armed Forces with everything he has done for veterans.

‘It is important that the Queen’s grandchildren are all made to feel welcome and comfortable as they grieve their beloved grandmother together.’

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips as well as Lady Louise and James, Viscount

‘Respected member of the Armed Forces’

Severn will also form part of the guard of honour tomorrow evening.

The Duke of Sussex and his disgraced uncle Prince Andrew were forced to wear suits at events honouring the Queen because they are no longer working royals.

King Charles’s younger child, who served on two front-line tours of duty in Afghanistan, wore a morning suit on Wednesday in a procession of the Queen’s coffin through the streets of London in her final departure from Buckingham Palace. Other royal family members were in military uniform adorned with medals.

Harry’s spokesman had released a statement on Tuesday asking that the ‘focus remain on the life and legacy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’ instead of his outfit choices.

‘Prince Harry will wear a morning suit throughout events honouring his grandmother.

‘His decade of military service is not determined by the uniform he wears,’ it added.

After the Duke and Duchess of Sussex quit their royal duties in 2020, Prince Harry was stripped of his beloved military appointments and banned from wearing his military uniforms in public.

Andrew’s military titles and royal patronages were removed in January this year as he faced civil action taken by Virginia Giuffre, who alleges the prince sexually abused her when she was 17.

Andrew, who vehemently denies the allegations, later settled the civil action in a multi-million-pound deal.