Prince Harry and Prince Andrew won't be wearing their military uniforms for the Queen's burial. Instead, Her Majesty's grandson and son will appear in casual funeral attire with the other guests.
Prince Andrew was not allowed to wear military uniform at the funeral of his father, the Duke of Edinburgh, despite having served in the Royal Air Force in the Falklands War. Both have today dressed in morning suits, with the civil decorations, the Jubilees of the Queen in which they have participated.
Prince Andrew was not wearing his military uniform for the Queen's funeral because he was stripped of his title in 2022 due to his connection to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
What is the dress code for a royal funeral? Working members of the Royal Family member should wear a military uniform for events during the period of mourning. The traditional dress code must be worn at the state funeral service at Westminster Abbey and the committal service at St George's Chapel in Windsor on Monday.
However as Andrew replicated the ceremonial act with his siblings this evening, in which they 'took guard' and surrounded their mother's coffin, the Falklands War veteran was allowed to wear his military uniform. It is thought King Charles lifted the ban on Andrew's dress as a 'mark of respect for his mother'.
Because he, along with Prince Harry are not working members of the Royal Family, they were not allowed to wear their uniforms for the coffin procession and the funeral.
Prince Harry and Prince Andrew are not wearing their military uniforms to the Queen's burial today. The royals are forbidden by strict tradition from putting on their uniforms, even after 32 years of service.
The Princess Royal was wearing the uniform of a Rear Admiral of the Royal Navy at the funeral of the Queen Mother.
It is tradition for working royals to wear military attire at relevant events – like what Prince Edward and Princess Anne were wearing. However, The Duke of Sussex is no longer a working member of the Royal Family. Harry and wife Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex famously left 'The Firm' in 2020 in a split dubbed 'Megxit.
Representatives from Syria, Venezuela and Afghanistan were not invited. This is because the UK does not have full diplomatic relations with these countries. No-one from Russia, Belarus and Myanmar was invited either.
The Prince of Wales wore the RAF No 1 uniform with the Garter Sash with RAF Pilot Wings and the Garter Star Chest Order. He also wore the Gold, Diamond and Platinum Jubilee Medals. William spent seven years in the military, including more than three years as a search and rescue pilot.
For Prince Harry, Afghanistan was likely very similar as it was for other troops. Both Harry and the Royal Family were insistent that he receive no special treatment. Harry served two tours in Afghanistan that began in secret.
Buckingham Palace said that only working members of the royal family would wear military uniform for the big ceremonial events taking place during the mourning period for the Queen. Since both Harry and Andrew have stepped away from their royal duties, they wore civilian clothes, despite being retired service members.
The Duke of Sussex will not wear a military uniform or robes at the Coronation, The Telegraph can reveal. Prince Harry, who served for ten years in the Army and did two tours in Afghanistan, has not been permitted to wear military uniform because he is not a working member of the Royal family.
The Duke of York is no longer a working royal, and according to protocol should not be permitted to wear uniform during the ceremonial events marking the Queen. However, he is being permitted to wear military dress at the vigil if he chooses to at Westminster Hall, as a “special mark of respect” for the Queen.
That's because only working members of the Royal Family have been allowed to wear a military uniform while at public events commemorating the Queen. This has excluded Harry as well as Prince Andrew. Harry lost his honorary military titles when he stepped down as a working royal in 2020.
Edward, who is the Earl of Wessex, joined the Royal Marines after leaving university in 1986. Working members of the Royal Family will wear military uniform when present at five ceremonial events during this period of mourning the Queen.
Prince Harry joined in showing respect to the newly crowned King Charles with a bow on coronation day.
Many would say her wearing trousers was actually a feminist gesture, seeing as in 2002, she was the first royal woman to wear military attire in public since Queen Elizabeth I in 1588.
Queen Elizabeth II served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service and Women's Royal Army Corps in the 1940s. Prince Harry is the latest in a long line of royal soldiers. He served in Afghanistan in 2007-08 as a Forward Air Controller, calling in air strikes on insurgent positions and patrolling in hostile territory.
What does the blue sash mean on royalty? Certain members of the royal family will wear a blue sash to symbolise their role as a member of the Order of the Garter. It is the oldest and most senior Order of Chivalry in Britain, established by King Edward III in 1348.
Prince Harry Is Not Granted Permission to Wear a Military Uniform to the Queen's Funeral.
However, according to Page Six, a royal source revealed that “Harry and Meghan actually got the invitation and no-one has actually told them they are uninvited.” Another source told the outlet, “I'm told they only found out they were uninvited by reading press reports.”
Prince Harry didn't salute alongside other family members at the Queen's funeral. King Charles III, his siblings, and Prince William saluted during a procession ahead of the service. Harry wasn't able to salute because he was stripped of his military titles.
The decision follows royal protocol, which typically bars non-working members of the royal family from wearing military uniforms to official state occasions.