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The drama is not surprising given the fact that the royal family has been at odds from within for years.
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The latest wrinkle comes as it’s been revealed that Prince Andrew will be allowed to wear his military uniform at Queen Elizabeth’s final vigil at Westminster Hall. That news was followed up with the announcement that Prince Harry, “has been banned from wearing military uniform if he attends.”
The monarch’s, “shamed younger brother Prince Andrew will be allowed to don his Armed Forces outfit ‘as a special mark of respect’ for their late mother,” according to the Daily Mail.
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Why is this even an issue? It could be argued that Harry and Andrew have both tarnished the crown. Harry has been bad mouthing his family for two years following Megxit, and in February Andrew gave millions to his sex abuse accuser.
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Andrew the Duke of York is a Falklands War veteran who was stripped of his titles, “amid the fallout from his role in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.”
Omid Scobie is Meghan Markle’s “soul mate” and the pet reporter for the Sussexes. He has been in high gear lately, proclaiming that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex weren’t invited soon enough to view flowers left for his grandmother.
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Harry was in the military, serving two tours of Afghanistan. He has reportedly been banned from wearing his uniform, “at all ceremonial events during mourning for Her Majesty.”
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Instead of showing quiet respect at this solemn time, Scobie found it necessary to bring more drama to the situation by proclaiming: “I understand that, unlike Prince Andrew, Prince Harry will NOT be allowed to wear uniform at the final vigil in Westminster Hall. No doubt a huge blow for the Duke of Sussex, who served for 10 years and this morning spoke of the Queen being his ”commander-in-chief.”’
On Wednesday the Queen will lie in state at Westminster Hall from 5pm until 6:30am, and her funeral is scheduled for Monday 19 September.
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