How Prince Harry Feels About Not Being Allowed to Wear His Military Uniform to Queen Elizabeth II’s Funeral

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The new normal. Prince Harry is getting comfortable with not wearing his military uniform to events honoring the late Queen Elizabeth II, an insider exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.“He has come to terms with not wearing uniform on these occasions,” the source says of the Duke of Sussex, 37. “Whilst that’s disappointing in some senses, he’s just grateful to be present and honoring the queen.

At the end of the day, it’s only a uniform.”The question of whether Harry would wear his uniform for funeral events made headlines this week after Buckingham Palace confirmed that his uncle Prince Andrew was granted permission to wear his for the queen’s final vigil.The Duke of York, 62, stepped down from all public duties in 2019 following Virginia Giuffre‘s allegations that he sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager.

The U.K. native and Giuffre, 39, settled out of court earlier this year, but in January, Andrew was stripped of all his royal titles and patronages amid the scandal.Harry, for his part, served in the British armed forces for 10 years.

After he and Meghan Markle announced their plans to step down as senior working royals in January 2020, the former helicopter pilot lost his three honorary military titles: Captain General Royal Marines, Honorary Air Commandant of RAF Honington and Commodore-in-Chief of Small Ships and Diving.After news broke that he wouldn’t receive the same uniform exception as his uncle, a spokesperson for Harry said that the BetterUp CIO wasn’t bothered by the dress code rules.“[Prince Harry] will wear a morning suit throughout events honoring his grandmother,” the spokesperson said in a statement, according to royal correspondent Omid Scobie. “His decade of military service is