Prince Harry and Prince Andrew Wear Morning Suits, Not Military Uniforms, at Queen's Procession

As a coffin topped with the Imperial State Crown carried Queen Elizabeth II from Buckingham Palace through London to Westminster Hall Wednesday, members of the royal family followed in procession.

While King Charles III, his siblings — including Princess Anne and Prince Edward — and his son Prince William wore military uniforms, his brother Prince Andrew and younger son Prince Harry did not.

Buckingham Palace confirmed Monday that at the five major ceremonial events leading up to, and including the Queen's state funeral on Monday, only working members of the royal family who hold military rank will wear military uniforms.

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Because Andrew, 62, and Harry, 37, are no longer senior working royals, the princes wore dark suits appropriate as mourning dress at Wednesday's procession rather than military finery, despite their service in the British Armed Forces.

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As they processed past the Cenotaph, a war memorial on Whitehall, Prince Harry and Prince Andrew bowed as their family members in uniform gave a salute.

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Harry, who served in the British Army for a decade and was deployed to Afghanistan twice, lost his three honorary military titles (Captain General of the Royal Marines, Honorary Air Commandant of RAF Honington and Commodore-in-Chief, Small Ships and Diving, Royal Naval Command) when he and wife Meghan Markle stepped back from their senior royal roles in March 2020.

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The spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex told PEOPLE in a statement earlier this week that he will wear a "morning suit throughout events honoring his grandmother."

"His decade of military service is not determined by the uniform he wears, and we respectfully ask that focus remain on the life and legacy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II," the spokesperson added.

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Andrew spent 22 years in the Royal Navy, serving as a helicopter pilot in the Falklands War in 1982. He was stripped of his military titles and royal patronages in January 2022 after he was accused of sexual assault by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a victim of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's former ring.

However, a special exception has been made for Prince Andrew to wear a military uniform at the final vigil as a sign of respect for his mother and monarch who died "peacefully" at age 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Thursday.