Prince of wail
Harry ‘tears’ over Will honor
Prince Harry was reduced to tears after learning King Charles had bestowed a new honor upon sibling Prince William, a royal expert claimed Saturday.
On Tuesday, Buckingham Palace announced that William, 41, will be made colonel-in-chief of the Army Air Corps, although Prince Harry, 39, served with the unit as a helicopter pilot in Afghanistan.
The announcement came on the same day Harry returned to London to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, a charity founded by Harry that gives wounded veterans a chance to compete in sports.
“King Charles’ announcement . . . is a real kick in the teeth for the son who always felt marginalized and underrated,” royal expert Tom Quinn told The Mirror. “He is said to have been in tears when he heard.
“What makes it much worse is that the role is being given to the very man who Harry [above] sees as the cause of so many of his problems: his brother.”
Quinn claimed that the announcement was “deliberately” made while Harry was in the UK to show that the king’s younger son “is no longer welcome.”
“They [the royal family] have decided the gloves are off and that Harry needs to realize that when you betray the family, you don’t just escape the things you hated doing as a working royal,” the expert asserted.
Harry served in the corps during his second tour of Afghanistan up until 2014. William was not involved in active combat, but served as a search-and-rescue and air ambulance pilot.
Harry had been expected to spend time with cancer-stricken Charles last week, but the reunion did not eventuate.
It’s unclear if William’s new honor is behind the decision.