{"id":550867,"date":"2025-11-05T14:39:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/550867\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T14:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:39:09","slug":"royal-news-live-prince-william-to-present-earthshot-prize-prince-harry-expresses-love-of-being-british-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/550867\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal news LIVE: Prince William to present Earthshot Prize, Prince Harry expresses love of being British and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ahead of Remembrance Day next Tuesday, the Duke of Sussex<\/a> has penned a 647-word piece titled The Bond, The Banter, The Bravery: What it means to be British \u2013 By Prince Harry.\u00a0In his essay, Prince Harry wrote about how proud he was of his military service, pleading for the nation to remember those who have died in conflict but also to pay more attention to living veterans, and his love for the things that make us British.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read the full essay below:<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery November the world, for a moment, grows quieter. We pause, together, to remember.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemembrance has never been about glorifying war. It\u2019s about recognising its cost: the lives changed forever and the lessons paid for, through unimaginable sacrifice. It\u2019s also about honouring those who, knowing that cost, still choose to serve.<\/p>\n

\u201cEarlier this year, I was invited to Ukraine (Slava Ukraini!) to spend time with friends at the Superhumans centre; men and women rebuilding their lives after devastating injuries.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn every face, both military and civilian, I saw resilience and a fierce determination not to be defined by what had been taken from them. They reminded me that bravery is not the absence of fear, but the triumph of purpose over it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a similar stoic spirit of self-deprecation and humour in Ukrainians, that I recognise more than any other, in us Brits.<\/p>\n

\u201cThough currently, I may live in the United States, Britain is, and always will be, the country I proudly served and fought for. The banter of the mess, the clubhouse, the pub, the stands ridiculous as it sounds, these are the things that make us British. I make no apology for it. I love it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat same spirit lives in every member of our Armed Forces and the families who serve beside them.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou need only spend a few hours at the Invictus Games to feel it. There, you see courage reborn, camaraderie restored, and proof that service doesn\u2019t end when the uniform comes off.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my capacity as their Global Ambassador, this week, I wrote to families from Scotty\u2019s Little Soldiers, the UK charity supporting children of Britain\u2019s fallen heroes.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery year, I\u2019m moved by their strength; sons and daughters who wear yellow and black scarves in honour of their parents, many of them marching proudly at the Cenotaph this weekend. They don\u2019t march with bitterness, but with love and pride.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey carry forward their parents\u2019 legacy of service even as their own hearts bear the cost of it. Because when one person serves, the whole family serves. And when one falls, the whole community feels that loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemembrance, then, is not simply a minute\u2019s silence. It\u2019s a call to collective responsibility. Not through sympathy, but through admiration and respect.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had the privilege of serving alongside men and women from all four corners of the UK; from Antrim to Anglesey, Lancashire to London, Wrexham to the East Riding, Belfast to Bedfordshire and beyond.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw courage and compassion in the harshest conditions imaginable. But I also saw how easy it can be, once the uniform comes off, for those who gave everything, to feel forgotten.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur duty to them does not end when their service does. The protection they offered us must be returned through opportunity and respect for the rest of their lives. That\u2019s not charity; it\u2019s reciprocity. They safeguarded our freedom. We must safeguard their future. That way we all benefit.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we look around the world this Remembrance Sunday and, on the 11th, peace for those lucky enough to know it, feels more fragile than ever. Institutions built to protect it are being strained, and for many, peace is not known at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemembrance isn\u2019t confined to one weekend in November. It\u2019s a lifelong commitment to empathy, gratitude, and action; to be kinder, more united, and braver in protecting what those before us fought to preserve.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, as we bow our heads this weekend, let us remember not only the fallen, but the living \u2013 those who still carry the weight of war in body and mind, and the families who bear its memory in their hearts.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you live near them, knock on their door. If you see them around, shake their hand. And if you feel so inclined, join them for a cuppa\u2026or a pint, to hear their story and remind them their service still matters.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ahead of Remembrance Day next Tuesday, the Duke of Sussex has penned a 647-word piece titled The Bond,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":550868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[532,5105,7710,519,448,7796],"class_list":{"0":"post-550867","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-prince-william","9":"tag-royal","10":"tag-royal-families","11":"tag-royal-family","12":"tag-royals","13":"tag-royalty"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115497609643984751","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}