Wreath presented by Prince Harry removed from Poppy Factory
Wreaths presented by Prince Harry and Prince Andrew have been taken off display at factory that has made Remembrance Day poppies for 100 years
- The Poppy Factory is no longer showcasing a £1,000 wreath laid by Prince Harry
- Wreaths from other royals are still on show, while Prince Andrew’s is also gone
- A source said of Harry’s wreath: ‘We’ve got rid of it – and all the duplicates too’
- It comes as the Prime Minister announced a Bank Holiday for King’s Coronation
A factory which makes commemorative wreaths has removed a Remembrance Day tribute laid by Prince Harry from its display.
Wreaths from other royals are still on show, while those of the Duke of Sussex and his uncle Prince Andrew are now out of view.
The Poppy Factory, based in Richmond, south west London, was founded 100 years ago to make wreaths and poppies to honour fallen soldiers. It had previously showcased Harry’s £1,000 wreath, The Mirror reports.
Royal insiders have interpreted the move as another sign that the prince, who notably served in the military in Afghanistan, is being subtly phased out from royal life since quitting the UK for a new life in California.
A source at the site said: ‘Harry used to have his wreath on display in the centre’s old exhibiting area, but it isn’t any more.
‘We’ve got rid of it – and all the duplicates we kept too.’
This week also saw claims that the King is keeping a close eye on Prince Harry’s autobiography and a Netflix series starring himself and his wife Meghan.
Royal author Tom Bower said: ‘He has made various threats and warned they will find themselves ostracised in a way they cannot believe.’
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Andrew, Duke of York during the annual Remembrance Sunday service in 2018. Both Prince Harry and Prince Andrew’s wreaths have reportedly been removed from the Poppy Factory
Queen Consort Camilla during a visit to the Poppy Factory, where remembrance poppies are made, in Richmond, southwest London
King Charles III said he will not progress with plans for a slimmed-down monarchy and will keep the number of working royals at 11
It was also announced today that Britons will get a special ‘Coronation’ bank holiday to celebrate the King’s coronation.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said there would be an extra UK-wide bank holiday on Monday, May 8, ‘in recognition of this historic occasion’.
The actual coronation will take place two days beforehand, at Westminster Abbey, on Saturday, May 6.
Last month, the King said he will not progress with plans for a slimmed-down monarchy and will keep the number of working royals at 11, sources claim.
His Majesty’s decision is more ‘conservative’ than critics and pundits have speculated after the monarch was expected to streamline the list of working royals.
Instead, the King is said to be planning on giving prominent roles to his sister Princess Anne and brother Prince Edward as he steers the monarchy into a new era.
The 73-year-old King will also pay tax like his late mother, after in 1993 she ripped up George VI’s tax break agreed by Neville Chamberlin.
Sources told the Daily Express Kate and William will may have to increase their workload and take on new jobs
Close advisors believe with fewer generations of working royals the family will have to cut back on their 3,500 annual engagements (Pictured: Princess Anne (C), Princess Sophie, Countess of Wessex (2R) and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex)
Who are the working royals?
- King Charles III
- Camilla, Queen Consort
- Prince William and Kate, The Prince and Princess of Wales
- Anne, the Princess Royal
- Prince Edward and Princess Sophie, The Earl and Countess of Wessex
- Prince Richard and Birgitte, The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
- Princess Alexandra
- Duke of Kent, Prince Edward
The news comes after the Palace said it wanted a cut-down Coronation which will have fewer arcane rituals and be significantly shorter than the 1953 ceremony when Queen Elizabeth was crowned.
Data shows the former Prince of Wales paid £5.8million in income tax after receiving £23million from the Duchy of Cornwall estate in 2021.
Close advisors believe with fewer generations of working royals the family will have to cut back on their 3,500 annual engagements.
Aides are discussing what will happen to charities which attract thousands of pounds through royal representation and visits.
One senior royal source told the Daily Express: ‘These are things that are all being looked at as part of a wider review at the moment.’
Sources told the paper Kate and William may have to increase their workload and take on new jobs.
But Kate has made it clear that she would prefer to look after her own children than expand the family’s portfolio.
The departure of Harry and Megan and Prince Andrew has put more strains on the group’s ability to meet all of its commitments.
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Princess Alexandra watched a flypast to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on July 10, 2018
Harry and Meghan (pictured) leaving has raised issues and Prince Andrew leaving made matters more tricky.
One senior royal source told the Daily Express: ‘These are things that are all being looked at as part of a wider review at the moment’
Senior royals can be defined as members of the family close to the line of the succession who represent the Crown on special visits.
For years reports were made that King Charles III wanted a ‘slimmed down’ monarchy which would cut down the number of working royals from eleven to 7.
Experts suggested this would make his operation a ‘leaner machine’ with ‘less to gossip about’.
There would also be ‘no hangers-on’ in the Firm, with each member expected to pull their weight in a new and more streamlined monarchy.
The Royal Family is also braced for the fifth season of the Crown, set to air on Netflix on November 9.
The streaming giant’s hit show features haunting scenes showing the former Princess of Wales entering a limousine shortly before the fateful accident. Netflix insists it will not recreate the crash.
Elizabeth Debicki wears sunglasses and looks the image of Diana as she sits in the back of a car with Khalid Abdalla, 40, who plays Dodi Fayed, who the princess was travelling with when the car crashed in Paris
Ms Debicki wore a seatbelt in the back of the car as she filmed – which may be a sign the crew were not filming the exact car journey taken by the princess and Dodi in their final moments. It has been found neither wore seatbelts in the 1997 crash
Trailer shows Ms Debicki as Diana screeching to a halt in car chase scene in a red puffer jacket – reminiscent of one the princess wore skiing in Austria in 1994, right
‘I never stood a chance’: The new trailer shows Diana in a skin-baring swimsuit as she floats in the water
Prasanna Puwanarajah plays Martin Bashir in Netflix’s recreation of the journalist’s infamous interview with Diana in 1995
The Prince of Wales may be angered at scenes recreating his mother’s infamous 1995 interview with Martin Bashir, which was last year deemed to have been obtained unlawfully after the journalist falsified invoices to gain the princess’s trust.
William, 40, later issued a public statement saying the interview had been a ‘major contribution to making my parents’ relationship worse’ and said it should never be aired again.
In a recent letter to The Times, actress Dame Judi Dench described the upcoming series of The Crown as ‘crude sensationalism’ and ‘cruelly unjust’ to the Royal Family and suggested it should feature a disclaimer at the start of each episode.
She wrote: ‘No one is a greater believer in artistic freedom than I, but this cannot go unchallenged.
‘The programme makers have resisted all calls for them to carry a disclaimer at the start of each episode. The time has come for Netflix to reconsider – for the sake of a family and a nation so recently bereaved, as a mark of respect to a sovereign who served her people so dutifully for 70 years, and to preserve their own reputation in the eyes of their British subscribers.’
The Crown has been a huge hit for Netflix and it now spends around £11.5million per episode.
Two years ago, the then-culture secretary Oliver Dowden asked the streaming giant for a ‘health warning’ on episodes so viewers would know scenes were fictionalised, but Netflix refused. It defended the show this week as ‘fictional dramatisation’.
In the fifth series, Barcelona was used for filming as a stand-in for Paris, where Diana died with her boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed.
Elizabeth Debicki, who plays the princess, and Khalid Abdalla, who plays Al-Fayed, were spotted filming scenes in Francesca Macia Square in the centre of the Spanish city.
It comes as one of the late Queen’s closest friends claimed that the latest season of The Crown, ‘would have destroyed her’ because of how ‘vicious’ the dramatised plotlines are.
The unnamed source told The Sunday Times she’s ‘horrified’ by the vicious untruths set to be presented as fact when the season airs on November 9.
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