King Charles III Takes Over Prince Harry’s Former Role as Head of Royal Marines 1 Month After Military Uniform Drama

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A royal replacement. King Charles III has taken over Prince Harry’s former role as Captain General of the Royal Marines.“It is the greatest possible pleasure to assume the role of your Captain General,” the monarch, 73, said in a statement on Friday, October 28. “I am exceptionally proud to follow in the footsteps of so many members of my family over the last three-and-a-half centuries, all of whom held the role with a deep sense of admiration.”The Duke of Sussex, 38, was stripped of the patronage — as well as his other honorary military titles — in 2020 when he and wife Meghan Markle stepped down from their roles as senior royals.

The Sussexes’ decision to step down — and to move from the U.K. to California — was one that caused an unresolved rift within The Firm. (Harry and Meghan, 41, for their part, shared in a CBS tell-all interview in March 2021 that they were increasingly mistreated by the royal family.)In September, two and a half years after their move to the U.S., the Archewell founders returned to London to be with the royals as they mourned the loss of Queen Elizabeth II, who died on September 8 at age 96.

While “[reconciliation] might have been the intention [during the period of mourning],” royal expert Christopher Andersen exclusively told Us Weekly on the Wednesday, October 26, episode of the “Royally Us” podcast, relations between the Sussexes and the rest of his family were not necessarily smooth sailing — due, in part, to the messy drama surrounding Harry’s military uniform.The prince, who announced the title of his highly anticipated memoir, Spare, on Thursday, October 27, was initially not permitted to wear his military regalia at one of the final vigils honoring the queen.