Prince Harry and Prince Andrew were both left red-faced and embarrassed after their Remembrance wreaths were removed from display by the factory that made them.
The decision was made after both princes stopped working as senior members of the Royal Family, with Harry leaving for life overseas in America in 2020 and Andrew stepping down in 2019.
With both Harry, 40, and his uncle Andrew, 64, having laid wreaths in the years before at The Cenotaph in London, along with other key members of the Royal Family, it was reported that the decision to take these wreaths off the display by The Poppy Factory in 2023 was an embarrassment for both men, especially as they had served in the military.
A source at the site in Richmond, southwest London, told The Mirror last year: “Harry used to have his wreath on display in the centre’s old exhibiting area, but it isn’t any more.
“We’ve got rid of it – and all the duplicates we kept too.”
Wreaths from other senior members of the Firm, such as King Charles, the late Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, Princess Anne, and Princes William and Edward, are still on display at the factory.
The Poppy Factory and Buckingham Palace declined to comment on what had happened to Harry’s £1,000 wreath last year.
Since quitting as senior royals, the duke and his uncle have no longer attended the annual Remembrance event.
Prince Harry is believed to have marked the occasion at his Montecito home, where he moved in 2020 after quitting royal life.
The duke still wears a poppy at engagements overseas in November, with Harry and Meghan both wearing a poppy when they visited San Diego last year to open a new facility for veterans.
This year, the duke, 40, appeared in a joint video message with his wife talking about the need to protect children online in the digital world.
In this short clip, posted on official Archewell platforms, both the Duke and Duchess of Sussex wore poppies ahead of Remembrance Day, despite the fact in America, poppies are traditionally worn in May before Memorial Day.
