Prince Harry snubbed by royal family at Festival of Remembrance

LA-based Prince Harry was snubbed by the royal family twice in a week - and it didn’t go unnoticed.

Prince Harry copped two major snubs by the royal family in a week in a sign tensions with his family have far from eased.

Last week the LA-based royal hit back at a report claiming he had turned down an invitation to King Charles 75th birthday, insisting he did not receive one.

A source close to the King told the Sunday Times that Harry and wife Meghan Markle had been invited - but Harry’s spokesperson then came out and said that was not the case.

Then on Saturday night, the royals failed to mention Harry’s role as one of the founding members of the Invictus Games during the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance.

Harry and Meghan stepped out ahead of Remembrance Day for the opening of a US Navy SEALs fitness centre. Picture: Twitter

The Duke of Sussex set up the Games with the Royal Foundation in 2014 and has been the face of it ever since.

Royals fans were quick to pick up on the omission.

“The Royal Family did their hardest to ignore all of the veterans, and Prince Harry’s work with Invictus Games 2023,” one commented on X, formerly Twitter.

“Prince Harry you will forever be famous, you did a great thing there by founding the INVICTUS GAMES! Thanks for your service,” another added.

A third wrote: “Whatever your thoughts on current Royal affairs, it was Prince Harry who founded Invictus Games, which has helped numerous wounded service people, and that should never be forgotten. Thank you.”

King Charles looks tearful after the statues of the Queen and Prince Philip were unveiled at the Royal Albert Hall. Picture: AFP

It comes after King Charles looked tearful as he unveiled a touching tribute to his late mother at the Festival of Remembrance.The King and Queen Camilla revealed new statues at the Royal Albert Hall to honour the proud memory of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.

They were joined by senior royals including Princess Catherine and Prince William for the spectacular and moving remembrance party.

Princess Catherine, clad in a black Fiona Clare lace dress, paid a special tribute to the late Queen, wearing a pearl necklace and matching earrings that belonged to the late monarch.

Catherine and Prince William at Royal Albert Hall, in London. Picture: AFP

She also wore a brooch of 1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards, to which she was appointed Colonel-in-Chief in August.

King Charles pulled the curtains away from the glorious statue of the late Queen, while Queen Camilla revealed Prince Philip’s tribute.

The statues, created by artist Poppy Field and commissioned by the Royal Albert Hall to mark its 150th anniversary celebrations, fill the niches of the north porch, which have been empty since 1871, and the south porch, added in 2003.

The statue of the Queen is revealed at the Royal Albert Hall. Picture: Getty Images

A statue of Prince Philip is unveiled by Queen Camilla at the Royal Albert Hall. Picture: Getty Images

Ian McCulloch, president of the Royal Albert Hall, said: “It is particularly fitting for our distinctive building to mark the contribution to our history of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who supported and attended the hall devotedly for so many decades.”

The King, who turns 75 on November 14, paused before the statues of his mother and father in the hall’s North Porch.

The King and Queen attend The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance. Picture: Getty Images

The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, the Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent were also in attendance.

As they took their seats, Charles was seen waving to the packed hall.

The annual festival came after a day of clashes and protests in London on Armistice Day, with 126 people arrested and nine officers injured amid extreme violence from right wing protesters.

Princess Anne led a tribute to those who lost their lives in the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest military campaign of the Second World War.

Originally published as Prince Harry snubbed by royal family at Festival of Remembrance