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.
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