A royal expert says Harry’s decision not to attend is “disappointing.”
, though Harry was in attendance at his grandfather’s funeral last year, he will not return to the U.K. for Philip’s memorial service, likely because of the loss of his taxpayer funded police protection, which ended when he and wife Meghan Markle stepped back as working members of the royal family in January 2020.
The memorial is taking place to allow those outside of Philip’s family, including representatives from many charities and organizations that the Duke of Edinburgh worked with throughout his long life, to honor and pay tribute to him. Because of COVID restrictions at the time, Philip’s funeral last April was limited to just 30 people.
In a statement released by Harry’s legal spokesperson at the time of the Home Office filing, Harry’s team argued that “while his role within the Institution has changed, his profile as a member of the royal family has not. Nor has the threat to him and his family.” Subsequently, Harry’s private protection team “cannot replicate the necessary police protection needed whilst in the U.K. In absence of such protection, Prince Harry and his family are unable to return home.
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