Confusing detail on Queen’s teen grandson’s suit

Whereas most eyes had been on Prince Harry at a vigil for the Queen attended by her grandchildren on Saturday, royal followers seen a peculiar element in regards to the youngest of the group, 14-year-old James, Viscount Severn.

James, the son of Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex, who’s 14th in line to the throne, gave the impression to be sporting two medals not dissimilar from the navy medals worn by Prince Harry and Prince William on his mourning go well with.

The element prompted confusion on social media, with many questioning how a royal so younger managed to obtain medals from the Queen.

“A 14-year-old grandson of the Queen has two medals. Please clarify,” one Twitter person mentioned.

A second added: “Why does the Queen’s 14-year-old grandson have medals? Real query. What has he obtained them for?”

It seems the medals will not be navy in any respect.

One was to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012, and the second was for her Platinum Jubilee earlier this 12 months.

The Queen’s eldest grandchild, Peter Phillips, 44, son of Anne, the Princess Royal, wore the identical, in addition to the 2002 Golden Jubilee medal.

James, who has largely grown up away from the general public highlight on the request of his mother and father, joined his older sister Woman Louise Windsor, in addition to cousins Peter Phillips and his sister Zara Tindall, William and Harry, and Beatrice and Eugenie for the 15-minute ceremony held across the coffin of the late monarch as she lies in state at Westminster Corridor.

The teenager’s mother and father, Edward and Sophie, married at St George’s Chapel in Windsor in 1999, and had been granted the titles Earl and Countess of Wessex.

And on the time, Buckingham Palace introduced that any of their future youngsters wouldn’t be styled as prince or princess, a choice by the pair in a transfer to offer their youngsters as regular a childhood as doable.

Each James and sister Louise have usually been described as among the many Queen’s favorite grandchildren.

Throughout his tribute to his mom, their dad Prince Edward touched on the teenager’s shared loves and passions with the Queen – and the late Philip.

He mentioned: “The Queen’s passing has left an unimaginable void in all our lives. Sophie and I’ve taken large pleasure in seeing our James and Louise having fun with the locations and actions that their grandparents cherished a lot.

“Provided that my mama allow us to spend a lot time together with her, I believe she additionally relatively loved watching these passions blossom. These occasions collectively, these pleased recollections, have now change into massively treasured to every one in every of us.”