How Prince Harry’s 2005 Nazi costume scandal plays out on ‘The Crown’
nypost.comcontroversial moments, but perhaps one of the most infamous is when he wore a Nazi uniform to a costume party.The Duke of Sussex, now 39, donned the outfit in 2005 for a “natives and colonial” party hosted by Prince William’s friend, Olympic showjumper Richard Meade.
Harry was 20 at the time.The event was chronicled in the final episode of Season 6 of “The Crown,” with a young Harry (played by Luther Ford) wearing a tan shirt with a swastika symbol.
The scandal made headlines at the time, with Harry calling it “probably one of the biggest mistakes of my life.”“I’m very sorry if I caused any offense or embarrassment to anyone.
It was a poor choice of costume, and I apologize,” he said in a statement afterward.In the Netflix drama, Harry tried on costumes with older brother Prince William (Ed McVey) and his then-girlfriend, Kate Middleton (Meg Bellamy), at a store.The Invictus Games founder is shown spotting a beige jacket with the Nazi emblem on a hanger and putting it on.“Germany had an empire, didn’t they?
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