Nathan Hunt: Last News

Queen has sent a letter expressing her sympathies to a family battling to get their war hero son's name added to the Armed Forces Memorial after he took his own life.Nathan's father Derek, 70, said he was touched to receive the letter from Her Majesty, in which said she hoped the couple “find the strength to sustain you at this difficult time”. However the letter added that the Queen could not get involved in politics, reports The Mirror.Nathan Hunt, who served in Afghanistan and alongside the Queen's grandson Prince Harry in 2008, killed himself in January 2018, aged 38.During a six-month tour, Nathan cleared Taliban bombs and was praised for saving several comrades, including Harry.Nathan was as serving Royal Engineers warrant officer at the time of his death, but defence chiefs refused to add his name to the memorial after ruling his death was probably not linked to his 23 years of military service.Three other soldiers who took their own lives after serving in Afghanistan have been honoured on the Staffordshire memorial.

Prince Harry has written an emotional letter detailing his despair at not being to help the family of a fallen soldier after he was stripped of his military titles.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex lost their patronages following the couple's Megxit agreement last year, with Harry being stripped of his honorary military titles.Harry, 37, served ten years in the Armed Forces including touring Afghanistan twice and rising to the rank of Captain.The Sunday People reports the duke has now written to the family of Nathan Hunt, who are fighting to get their son's name on the national Armed Forces Memorial after he took his own life in 2018.