A royal snub for Prince Harry? King Charles will make Prince William Colonel in Chief of the Duke’s old regiment at a poignant joint ceremony next week

Royal snubs, it appears, are like buses. Simply hours after it was confirmed that King Charles was too busy to see Prince Harry throughout the latter’s journey to London, Buckingham Palace introduced that the King will hand the Prince of Wales a army honour lengthy regarded as Harry’s in all however title.

By giving Prince William the ceremonial title of colonel-in-chief of the Military Air Corps, the King has noticeably bypassed his youthful son, who toured with the regiment in Afghanistan. The King held the place, as Prince of Wales, for 31 years, and the acquired knowledge was that he would cross the place to Harry – till, that’s, the Duke of Sussex stepped again from royal life in 2020.

Royal insiders have famous the timing of the announcement, which got here after a spokesperson for Prince Harry confirmed that he wouldn’t be seeing his father throughout his go to to the UK for an Invictus Video games thanksgiving ceremony this afternoon, ‘as a consequence of his Majesty’s full programme’.

‘It’s fairly a snub,’ stated former BBC Royal correspondent Michael Cole. ‘The Prodigal Son is just not welcome – not for the current, anyway. In royal phrases, that is massive drugs. Prince Harry is sure to see it for what it’s, the clearest potential indication of the damage that has been triggered.