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| Prince Harry in the tropical dress of the Blues and Royals on his Diamond Jubilee Tour of the Bahamas, March 2012. Army Air Corp officers wear the uniforms and cap badge of their parent regiments, with the blue beret and (if appropriate) wings. |
After education at Eton, he attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, passing out in 2006 and being commissioned into the Blues and Royals (at the time of writing he is a captain on attachment to the Army Air Corps). He did not deploy with the Blues and Royals when they were sent to Iraq in May 2007, but served with ISAF in Afghanistan for a curtailed tour of duty in 2008 (halted after 77 days due to a breach of a media black-out). He then trained as an Apache pilot with the Army Air Corps, re-deploying to Afghanistan in September 2012.
Honorary military appointments
United Kingdom
- Commodore-in-Chief of Small Ships and Diving, Royal Navy
- Honorary Air Commandant of RAF Honington
- Honorary Canadian Ranger
Orders, Decorations and Medals
- Knight Commander (KCVO), 4 June 2015
Campaign Medals
Operational Service Medal, Afghanistan
NATO Non-article 5 Medal, ISAFCurrently awarded to UK personnel on a 'keepsake' basis - approval for wear is not yet given, but this position is under review.
Commemorative Medals
Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012
Harry's March 2012 tour of the Caribbean was the first sighting this medal. It was only sanctioned for wear after 7 June, with the exception of those on official jubilee duties in the presence of the Queen
Update 5 June 2015
Harry appointed KCVO.
Here's a photo of the #KCVO Insignia that The Queen presented to Prince Harry privately at #BuckinghamPalace today pic.twitter.com/u3jlMB5Kio
— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) June 4, 2015
http://diplomatist2.blogspot.in/2012/09/royals-in-medals-1-earl-and-countess-of.html
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