Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal

Britain’s Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Britain’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge stand at the Cenotaph during the Remembrance Sunday ceremony on Whitehall in central London, on 11 November 2018. Image: Tolga Akmen/ AFP.

Prince Harry and Andrew will not receive the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee medal

Prince Harry and Prince Andrew will not receive the special commemorative Platinum Jubilee Medal to mark Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee this year.

Queen's Platinum Jubilee Medal

Britain’s Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Britain’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge stand at the Cenotaph during the Remembrance Sunday ceremony on Whitehall in central London, on 11 November 2018. Image: Tolga Akmen/ AFP.

While members of the royal household with one year of qualifying service will receive the special commemorative Platinum Jubilee Medal to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this year, Prince Harry and Prince Andrew will not.

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal

The medal is just one part of the year-long Platinum Jubilee celebrations that will take place throughout the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth and across the world in 2022, as the Queen becomes the first British Monarch to celebrate 70 years on the throne.

The Jubilee medal to be presented as a token of the nation’s thanks. Royal.uk

According to the official website of the royal family, the Platinum Jubilee Medal follows a long history of awarding medals to mark Royal Jubilee’s, with the first one awarded to mark the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s reign in 1887.

While the Queen will celebrate 70 years on the British throne on 6 February 2022, Prince Harry and Prince Andrew will not receive this honour after they lost their honorary titles.

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Will Prince Harry and Prince Andrew receive the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal?

Earlier in January 2022, Prince Andrew was stripped of his military affiliations and royal patronages amid his legal case with Virginia Giuffre. Giuffre accuses him of sexual assault but Prince Andrew denies the claims.

Meanwhile, Prince Harry gave up his honorary titles – Captain General of the Royal Marines; Honorary Air Commandant of RAF Honington; and Commodore-in-Chief, Small Ships and Diving, Royal Naval Command – after he decided to step back from royal duties with his wife, Meghan Markle in 2020.

The Platinum Jubilee Medal will ultimately be awarded to serving frontline members of the police, fire, emergency services, prison services and the armed forces.

Who else can receive the medal?

Others who will receive this special medal includes:

  • Serving members of the armed forces who have completed five full calendar years of service on 6 February 2022
  • Front-line emergency services personnel that have been in paid service, retained or in a voluntary capacity and have completed five full calendar years of service on 6 February 2022
  • Prison services personnel who are publicly employed and have completed five full calendar years of service on 6 February 2022
  • Members of the royal household with one year of qualifying service
  • Living individual recipients of the George Cross
  • Living individual recipients of the Victoria Cross

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