Prince Harry attended a Remembrance Day ceremony in a small city in the UK on Sunday, avoiding the royal household’s annual commemoration on the Cenotaph.
The Duke of Sussex, 42, was seen sporting his navy medals and a crimson poppy on his swimsuit to mark the event, mingling with the crowds in Brackley, Northamptonshire.
His spouse, Meghan Markle, 45, and their two youngsters – Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5 – weren’t with him.
Whereas the “Spare” creator’s observance of Remembrance Day was low-key, the royal household was on the Cenotaph in London the place her father, King Charles III, noticed a two-minute silence to honor fallen veterans.
Prince William, Kate Middleton and Queen Camilla have been all in attendance, together with senior politicians and 10,000 armed forces veterans.
A supply informed Hi there! in September, Harry wouldn’t attend Remembrance Day occasions, even after returning to the UK a month beforehand, as he had “no want to create drama” and distract from the celebration.
“He won’t do something that will distract from the royal household or the nationwide commemorations on the Cenotaph in London,” the supply informed the outlet.
Harry “will most definitely mark it in the identical manner that almost all veterans do, privately, both in church or at their native warfare memorial’s annual service,” the supply added.
Harry final attended official Remembrance Sunday commemorations alongside his household in November 2019, earlier than he and his spouse stepped down from their royal duties.
Remembrance Day holds nice significance for the father-of-two, who served within the British Military from 2005 to 2015, throughout which he carried out two excursions of responsibility in Afghanistan.
In November 2025, whereas nonetheless residing in the US, he wrote a heartfelt essay about what Memorial Day means to him.
“Regardless that I at present dwell in the US, Britain is and at all times would be the nation I proudly served and fought for,” he wrote. “The banter of the mess, the clubhouse, the pub, the stands as ridiculous because it sounds, these are the issues that make us British. I make no apologies for that. I find it irresistible.”
“Remembrance subsequently doesn’t consist merely of a minute of silence,” he additionally wrote. “It’s a name for collective accountability. Not by means of sympathy, however by means of admiration and respect.”