Prince Harry, who has served the British army on two excursions to Afghanistan, notably didn’t salute the Cenotaph throughout his grandmother Queen Elizabeth’s funeral procession in London immediately, September 19, 2022.
As per The Telegraph, the Duke of Sussex was barred from doing the salute and as an alternative bowed his head as he approached the Cenotaph whereas his brother Prince William and different senior royals saluted.
In response to reviews, Prince Harry regarded dejected and ‘disillusioned’ with the association which dictated that as a non-working royal, he might solely put on civilian garments and so, couldn’t salute the Cenotaph at Whitehall.
Whereas it’s ‘extraordinarily uncommon’ for former Armed Forces members to put on their uniforms, senior members of the royal household are granted particular permission to take action on ‘events when it will be acceptable’.
As per The Telegraph, these embody regimental occasions ‘solely with the permission of the regimental colonel’.
Which means that Prince Harry would’ve wanted particular permission from the Lieutenant Colonel commanding the Family Cavalry, or the Colonel-in-Chief of The Blues & Royals, at present the Princess Royal Anne.
In case of not being granted permission on that entrance, Harry might’ve requested the Colonel in Chief of the Family Cavalry, who’s his father, King Charles III.