The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is approaching. After 10 days of mourning, a period during which tributes, ceremonies and processions were linked with anonymous and members of the royal family, the final meeting will soon take place. This Monday, September 19, the Windsor clan, foreign leaders and crowned heads as well as the public will come together one last time to accompany the Sovereign on her last trip to Windsor, where her father and husband Prince Philip also been buried.
The royal family had already met on Wednesday September 14. The Queen’s children Charles, Andrew, Edward and Princess Anne, along with Princes Harry and William stood behind the late Sovereign’s coffin to accompany her on the procession leading her coffin to Westminster Hall. If his brother, now Prince of Wales, wore the military uniform, Prince Harry was deprived of it. And it will be the same for the day of the funeral, except for the vigil of the grandchildren organized this Saturday, September 17.
“Saddened“At first, Prince Harry would have finally understood the decision to deprive him of this very special outfit on the day of the last farewell to his grandmother. His spokesperson confirmed it in any case to The Mirror: “He will wear a classic costume at events honoring his grandmother. His decade of military service is not determined by the uniform he wears and we respectfully request that the focus remain on the life and legacy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II..”
Prince Harry is not the only one to have been subject to this rule. His uncle, Prince Andrew, was also deprived of the uniform, with the exception of the vigil of the princes of this Friday, September 16. As a reminder, if Prince Harry had voluntarily withdrawn from the active members of the royal family, Prince Andrew found himself at the heart of a sex scandal: the Jeffrey Epstein affair. If he had denied any involvement in a television interview that many did not find convincing, Prince Andrew was finally banned from his duties.