Prince Harry’s Uniform Missing a Symbol Honoring Queen Was a ‘Disappointment,’ Says Royals Author

The uniforms worn by royal members of the family for Queen Elizabeth‘s funeral have been a subject of dialog — and for one creator, a “disappointment” within the celebration of the monarch’s life.

Though Prince Harry wore a go well with as an alternative of his army attire for the occasions surrounding his grandmother’s funeral, an exception was made for him to put on the uniform at Saturday’s vigil with the Queen’s eight grandchildren. Nevertheless, the uniform didn’t have “EIIR” image — standing for Elizabeth Regina, which suggests Queen in Latin, together with the center symbols indicating she is the second Queen Elizabeth.

“I believed it wasn’t essential to strip Harry of his EIIR — it does not look good, regardless of the rights and wrongs of protocols,” the royal biographer tells PEOPLE. “That was the one disappointment.”

“I am certain all of them would not need the headlines to be about Harry and Meghan,” provides Junor. “They had been united in pondering that was not what as we speak was all about.”

Prince Harry — who served two excursions in Afghanistan throughout his 10-year profession within the British Military — wore a go well with for Monday’s state funeral and committal service as he joined father King Charles and brother Prince William within the three processions behind the Queen’s coffin.

Junor described the funeral occasions as “completely magnificent.”

“It was fantastically finished and makes you proud to be British,” she says. “It was finished with such precision. Not a foot out of step and totally becoming for this monarch who has been so extraordinary.”

“It was an ideal mixture of state and household,” provides Junor. “On the coronary heart of it, it was a grieving household with all of the generations there.”

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Whereas the ceremonies for the late monarch unite the household, Junor explains the way it “broke [her] coronary heart” to observe brothers Prince Harry and Prince William work together on the funeral.

“As soon as upon a time they beloved each other dearly. They did giggle and joke collectively and had been very tactile collectively. Abruptly all of that has modified,” she says. “It will likely be extremely laborious for [King Charles] as a father, simply because it was very painful for the Queen as a grandmother.”

This grief was clear to Junor when watching King Charles.

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“He has spent his entire life making ready for this second and I am certain he is not been wanting ahead to it as a result of the second would additionally imply the dying of his mom,” she says. “And also you noticed that on his face — horrible grief and the burden of the world.”

She continues, “It isn’t so simple as entering into his mom’s footwear and dwelling fortunately after.”