Prince Harry attended a Remembrance Day ceremony in a small town in the United Kingdom on Sunday, avoiding the royal family’s annual commemoration at the Cenotaph.
The Duke of Sussex, 42, was seen wearing his military medals and a red poppy on his suit to mark the occasion, mingling with the crowds in Brackley, Northamptonshire.
His wife, Meghan Markle, 45, and their two children – Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5 – were not with him.
While the “Spare” author’s observance of Remembrance Day was low-key, the royal family was at the Cenotaph in London where her father, King Charles III, observed a two-minute silence to honor fallen veterans.
Prince William, Kate Middleton and Queen Camilla were all in attendance, along with senior politicians and 10,000 armed forces veterans.
A source told Hello! in September, Harry would not attend Remembrance Day events, even after returning to the UK a month previously, as he had “no desire to create drama” and distract from the celebration.
“He will not do anything that would distract from the royal family or the national commemorations at the Cenotaph in London,” the source told the outlet.
Harry “will most likely mark it in the same way that most veterans do, privately, either in church or at their local war memorial’s annual service,” the source added.
Harry last attended official Remembrance Sunday commemorations alongside his family in November 2019, before he and his wife stepped down from their royal duties.
Remembrance Day holds great significance for the father-of-two, who served in the British Army from 2005 to 2015, during which he carried out two tours of duty in Afghanistan.
In November 2025, while still living in the United States, he wrote a heartfelt essay about what Memorial Day means to him.
“Even though I currently live in the United States, Britain is and always will be the country I proudly served and fought for,” he wrote. “The banter of the mess, the clubhouse, the pub, the stands as ridiculous as it sounds, those are the things that make us British. I make no apologies for that. I love it.”
“Remembrance therefore does not consist simply of a minute of silence,” he also wrote. “It is a call for collective responsibility. Not through sympathy, but through admiration and respect.”
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