Prince Harry KCVO

It's been quite a while since I updated any of my Royals in Medals posts, but I've just done so for Prince Harry.   He's been made KCVO just in time for the Birthday Parade.

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

Royals in Medals #2 - Prince Harry

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.

Prince Henry was born on 15 September 1984, the second son of the Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales.

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

No doubt due to his status as a serving Army officer, Prince Harry seems not to have had photographs taken in the uniform of his RN or RAF honorary ranks.

Canada

• Honorary Canadian Ranger

Orders, Decorations and Medals

Royal Victorian Order

Knight Commander (KCVO), 4 June 2015

Campaign Medals

Operational Service Medal, Afghanistan

NATO Non-article 5 Medal, ISAF
Currently 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

Knitting Knews

I hadn't intended to blog about Prince Harry's game of Strip Billiards ('not an euphemism' as the World Service helpfully pointed out).  I have mixed feelings about it: I'm not bothered about an unmarried 28-year-old with no girlfriend having a wild time; I'm indignant about multimillionaire hooray-Henrys calling the girls they pick up and get drunk 'Despicable' for cashing in; and I get annoyed when rent-a-quote MPs say that the Royal Protection Squad should be doing something about it, or when 'The Palace' try to subvert press freedom by using the Press Complaints Commission before the fact.

Anyway, in the delightful language of the Army, Harry is to have an interview with his Commanding Officer - 'Standing; No coffee".   A phrase that must give Ruperts everywhere the willies.  Everything is sorted then.

So why am I writing?  Because...

...the Saltburn Yarnbomber has struck again!

The Yarnbomber first appeared in October 2011  - 'First it was a set of darned books (The Secret Cardigan and A Ripping Yarn) tied to a railing outside the library. Next, a tray of woollen buns appeared by the cake shop, while a family of teddy bears was spotted eating tiny knitted sandwiches on a picnic table near the promenade.' 

In March of this year, the SYB went all Jubilympic. 

The Olympic Scarf

Detail of the Olympic Scarf

HM and Friends

The Yorkies on the Jubilee Scarf

 And now...

Not a stitch on!