The King has introduced he would be the Royal Marines’ subsequent Captain Common – an honorary navy function that had been stripped from the Duke of Sussex.
Harry’s prestigious place was eliminated by the Queen after he stop as a senior working royal for monetary and private freedom and moved to America with spouse Meghan and their household.
There had been hypothesis about which member of the Royal Household would develop into ceremonial head of the Royal Marines, with the Princess Royal tipped for the honour.
In a private message to the Royal Marines as they marked their 358th anniversary, celebrated on Friday, the King stated: “It's the best attainable pleasure to imagine the function of your Captain Common.
“I'm exceptionally proud to comply with within the footsteps of so many members of my household over the past three and a half centuries, all of whom held the function with a deep sense of admiration.
“The Royal Marines have a distinguished and unparalleled historical past, each on land and at sea. I draw immense inspiration out of your braveness, willpower, self-discipline and a exceptional capability to endure in essentially the most excessive environments.
“I really feel drastically honoured to develop into a part of the Corps Household and really a lot sit up for assembly lots of you within the close to future. Within the meantime, this comes with my heartfelt and particular needs for a really completely satisfied 358th birthday.”
Harry turned Captain Common Royal Marines in December 2017, succeeding his grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh who had held the submit for 64 years earlier than standing down following his retirement from public duties.
However in February 2021, following a 12-month assessment of the Sussexes’ resolution to stop as working royals, Harry and Meghan had been stripped of their prestigious patronages because the couple confirmed Megxit was everlasting.
The duke additionally misplaced his formal roles with the navy together with Captain Common Royal Marines, Honorary Air Pressure Commandant of the Royal Air Pressure Base Honington, and Honorary Commodore-in-Chief of the Royal Naval Instructions’ Small Ships and Diving.
Harry, a former Military officer with a ardour for the navy household, had been keen to carry onto his formal hyperlinks with the UK’s Armed Forces.
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