Prince Harry will be "disappointed" with his father and brother, as William has today been handed a major military role, former BBC Royal Correspondent Michael Cole has claimed.
During a visit to the Army Aviation Centre in Middle Wallop, Hampshire, King Charles handed the role of Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps to the Prince of Wales, in a major snub for the Duke.
Prince Harry was formerly attached to the regiment during his second tour of Afghanistan until 2014.
Speaking to GB News, Cole revealed that Harry will be "feeling a certain disappointment" by the appointment as the royal rift between the Royal Family and the Sussexes continues.
King Charles has given Prince William the role of Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps
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In a discussion with hosts Tom Harwood and Emily Carver, Cole explained: "Prince Harry will be feeling a certain disappointment, if not personal sleight, because this regiment, the Army Air Corps, was the regiment in which he served very gallantly in Afghanistan.
"He infamously claimed in his memoir Spare that he shot 25 Taliban, he thinks he did, incidentally painting a target on his own back for the rest of his life, unfortunately."
Following the lack of Royal Family support at his most recent UK appearance with the Invictus Games service and not meeting with his father, Cole suggested that the Duke will be feeling that "that this is what he's lost".
Cole told GB News: "His associations, his ranks, his patronages within the armed forces have been taken from him."
The Prince of Wales was bestowed the role during a visit to the Army Aviation Centre in Middle Wallop, Hampshire.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are currently on a de facto royal tour of Nigeria, where they have met with veterans in the African nation.
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Cole suggested that given the timing of the appointment, Harry will be having a "pause for thought" during his Nigeria trip.
He added: "This is the life he left behind. He's chosen to go into self-imposed exile in California and he's lost all that.
"I think pause for thought for Harry as he goes back to California after his tour of Nigeria, what he's left behind."
The former BBC royal correspondent detailed Prince Harry's significant ties to the military, highlighting how he had "found himself, comradeship and his life" whilst serving in Afghanistan.
Michael Cole says Prince Harry will be 'disappointed' by Prince William's appointment
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He added: "I think he found his own existence very much within this regiment of which he is not now associated.
"That progress through Nigeria has been a success for Sussexes, without any doubt. Of course, it wasn't a royal tour, it wasn't an official visit. It wasn't a state visit. It was a private visit by two royal personages.
"As we saw, the pair they were in all their loveliness in Nigeria, they're enjoying it. And maybe they're enjoying the boost of having their royal status celebrated in the way it was."
