Prince William vocal about his ‘jealousy’ with Prince Harry
Prince William became wildly jealous of Prince Harry being favoured by Queen Elizabeth II.
The Duke of Sussex, who tied the knot with Meghan Markle in 2018, requester Her Majesty to let him keep his beard on the big day despite the Royal rule suggesting otherwise.
Writing in his memoir Spare, Harry notes: “And yet I now dared to make another ask – Granny, please, may I, for my wedding, keep my beard? Not a small ask either.”
He said. “A beard was thought by some to be a clear violation of protocol and long-standing norms, especially since I was getting married in my Army uniform. Beards were forbidden in the British Army.”
Harry then revealed William told him: “You put her in an uncomfortable position, Harold! She had no choice but to say yes.”
“For the love of God, Willy, why does this matter so much to you? ‘Because I wasn’t allowed to keep my beard.’ Ah, there it was. After he’d come back from an assignment with Special Forces, Willy was sporting a full beard, and someone told him to be a good boy, run along and shave it. He hated the idea of me enjoying a perk he’d been denied,” he noted.
Harry eventually did not listen to his elder brother and kept his beard for wedding day.