Here are the details of removing the letters ER from Prince Harry’s military uniform… and for this reason he is sad (photo)

Prince Harry was finally able to don a military uniform while walking two days ago with the rest of Queen Elizabeth II’s grandchildren in front of her coffin for her final farewell, but at the same time he was disappointed and saddened after the late Queen’s initials “ER” were removed from the shoulder of his military uniform.

Prince Harry appeared, according to the pictures published by the newspaper “Daily Mail”, in a military suit, but it was noted that the letters on his brother Prince William’s suit were removed, and Prince Andrew was allowed to keep the royal cipher.

A source close to Harry confirmed that he was thinking of wearing a regular formal suit to avoid embarrassment while the Queen’s eight grandchildren stood as an honor guard next to the casket inside Westminster Hall last Sunday, but he backed out and stood in the back near his brother William in military uniform, and the cousins ​​joined them. : Zara Tindall, Peter Phillips, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, Lady Louise Windsor, and her brother, Viscount Severn.

Harry’s friend confirmed to the British newspaper that he was “heartbroken by the removal of his grandmother’s initials, and that this was intentional.”

The Duke of Sussex was a personal assistant to the Queen’s camp, and as a result he previously wore a sword, but it was among the positions he resigned from when he stepped down from his royal duties and moved to California, so the initials “ER” were removed, because they are placed only for those in service of the king, and therefore The absence of the symbol is not an insult to Harry but rather royal protocol.

In addition, British news sites reported that Prince Harry and his wife Megan Markle were not invited to the VIP reception, scheduled for Monday at Buckingham Palace and will include world leaders who arrived to attend Queen Elizabeth’s official funeral, but Prince Harry and his wife will not attend because they are not back. Two working members of the royal family.