Only working members of the British royal family will be allowed to wear military uniform during the state funeral and processions for the late Queen Elizabeth II.
The decision was made by the newly ascended King Charles III, according to veteran royal correspondent and CBS News contributor Roya Nikkhah on Monday.
This means his youngest son, Prince Harry, will have to wear a suit despite his 10 years of military service.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, surrendered many of their titles in 2021, after stepping back as senior members of the royal family.
Another family member who served in the military but won’t be allowed to wear his uniform is Prince Andrew.
However, he was granted an exception and will be wearing his uniform at the final vigil, where the queen’s four children will be standing at the four sides of her coffin, Nikkhah said.
Buckingham Palace also confirmed to several outlets on Monday, that Prince Andrew, who served 22 years in the Royal Navy, was granted permission to wear his military uniform for his late mother’s final vigil.
He was granted permission to wear his military uniform “as a special mark of respect.”
Andrew and Harry are expected to wear dark mourning suits for the rest of the funeral events while the working members of the family will be in military uniform for the procession to Westminster Hall, the State Funeral service at Westminster Abbey and the committal service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor, England.
The Duke of York, 62, has not been a working senior member of the royal family since January when he was stripped of his military titles and royal patronages.
Prince Andrew re-appeared in public this weekend having been effectively banished from royal life over allegations he had sex with a victim of American child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
He settled a lawsuit out of court in February, more than two years after the initial allegations.
He was photographed being driven to the queen’s Balmoral estate on Thursday, the day of her death, and appeared alongside other grieving senior royals on Saturday and Sunday in Scotland.
Prince Andrew was honorary colonel of the Grenadier Guards, whose soldiers are part of the Household Division that guard Buckingham Palace in their distinctive bearskin hats and red tunics.
Often called the queen’s “favourite son”, he was accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in 2001 who claimed she was delivered to him by Epstein.
Andrew, who denied the allegations, settled a US civil lawsuit over the allegations in February for an undisclosed sum.
King Charles III is expected to make his younger brother’s royal exile permanent, experts say.