According to the Sunday Times (opens in new tab), Buckingham Palace has rejected Prince Harry's request to participate from afar in the royal ceremony on Remembrance Sunday, a day of remembrance for the war dead in the UK. Harry reportedly asked to lay a wreath in his name at the Cenotaph, the memorial to the war dead in London where the official Remembrance Sunday events are held. However, while Prince Charles and Prince William laid the wreath (opens in new tab), Harry's request was turned down by courtiers on the grounds that "he no longer represents the monarchy," the Sunday Times reported.

Harry, a British Army veteran, was reportedly (and rightly!) "deeply saddened" by the royal court's decision. He was reportedly "deeply saddened," and the Times called it "the clearest sign yet that his official ties to the royal family will be severed for good." According to the paper, the queen "was not informed of her grandson's wishes."

Harry and Meghan Markle privately visited the Los Angeles National Cemetery to lay flowers on the graves of Commonwealth soldiers and commemorate Remembrance Sunday (open in new tab) in California.According to Harper's Bazaar (open in new tab), the Sussexes also laid a wreath on the obelisk at the cemetery, where a plaque reads "In Memory of the Men Who Offered Their Lives in Defense of Their Country."

The Duke of Sussex added a personal message to the wreath, which read, "I am very grateful to you. Thank you." A source told Harper's Bazaar, "It was important for the Duke and Duchess to be able to personally recognize Remembrance in their own way and pay tribute to those who served and gave their lives."