A Royal commentator has claimed that Prince Harry's snub from Sandhurst's guide of most notable graduates is a 'blow to his identity.'
The Duke of Sussex was not chosen as one of the 200 prominent people who served at the military academy.
Prince William was selected on the list and penned the book's foreword.
Royal Commentator Richard Fitzwilliams explained to GB News that this could be due to his comments in his memoir Spare.
Prince Harry was snubbed form the list
PAFitzwilliams explained: "I think in normal circumstances of course he would have been in the guide in 2013 he founded the Invictus Games for wounded and recovering servicemen and women.
"He saw two terms of duty in Afghanistan as a forward air controller and also as an Apache pilot.
"Normally that would have meant that he would have joined the likes of Winston Churchill, Tim Peake, David Niven, and James Blunt.
"Unquestionably the extracts from his biography Autobiography Spare, where he listed the numbers of Taliban that he'd personally killed during his second term of duty in Afghanistan and referred to them as 'chess pieces.'"
Richard Fitzwilliams said the Duke is likely to be upset by this
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"That was criticised by a large number of figures in the military." He added: "Prince Harry, was undoubtedly somebody who had a very angst-driven childhood.
"We know that walking behind his mother's coffin and the subsequent trauma took a toll on his mental health.
"I mean, there's no question that he saw the army as part of his life and there's no doubt that he will, I think, be somewhat upset that he's excluded.
"But behavior such as listing the number of individuals that you killed and also public criticism of his brother, who's written the foreword to the book.
Prince Harry and Prince William at their mother's funeralPA"I mean, this makes it pretty clear why he's not in it personally
"I don't think he'd be that surprised."
At the time Prince Harry's memoir was released, The Duke of Sussex's referred to Taliban members as "chess pieces" which sparked a backlash from the military community.
Harry also claimed in the book that he had killed 25 people. He wrote: "So my number: twenty-five. When I found myself plunged in the heat and confusion of combat I didn't think of those 25 as people.
"They were chess pieces removed from the board. Bad people eliminated before they could kill good people."
