Prince Harry was honored as a living legend of aviation at a gala held in Hollywood.
Prince Harry39, was honored for his service as a pilot at the Living Legends of Aviation Awards in Hollywood on Saturday night.
Harry’s awarding and the four-minute short speech that followed has now received criticism.
The prince appeared for the first time in public after the king Charles’s and the princess Catherine’s the cuts were made public this week. Harry made no mention of his family members or their health in his speech. Instead, he joked about the occasion John Travolta with from years ago Diana– about dancing.
Prince Harry gave a speech but forgot to mention members of the royal family suffering from health problems. PDO
A legendary picture of Travolta and Diana, where the two dance in 1985 in the White House, has gone down in history.
– I was one year old when you danced with my mother, as you told everyone here. Look at us now. If we don’t dance together, we fly together, Harry joked to Travolta.
A royal expert dismisses the prince’s behavior as disrespectful. According to the expert, the prince should have politely taken into account his father and sister-in-law, who have been in hospital operations, in his speech. Princess Catherine underwent abdominal surgery, and the king underwent surgery to treat his enlarged prostate gland.
– He should have said only one sentence. It’s really terrible and disrespectful that he didn’t, says a royal expert Angela Levin For The Sun.
– He was making jokes and seemed pretentious. He looked down at himself and gave the impression that it didn’t matter. He could have been more serious and said he was thinking about them.
In his speech, the prince thanked for being included in the honorable group of living aviation legends. In the past, the prize has been awarded to astronauts who visited the moon, among others Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong.
– For me, flying has been a revolutionary experience, Harry beamed in his speech.
– It has been close to magic, an experience of freedom and an opportunity to ground myself, even though I am not on earth. Flying was one of the best lessons of my life. It evoked a lot of emotions!
Harry’s gala speech caused confusion among royal experts. PDO
Criticism of the award
Not everyone thinks Prince Harry deserves the award either. A retired colonel By Richard Kemp doesn’t think Harry’s military achievements are enough.
– He was a gunner in an Apache helicopter in Afghanistan, but so were many, many others, he says For The Sun.
– The Apache has two people, a pilot and a gunner. Harry was the gunner, so number two. I believe that many others in the British and American Defense Forces would be more deserving of such an award.
Prince Harry served as a helicopter pilot in the British Defense Forces during his ten-year military career. He flew training flights in the United States and Australia, and completed two missions in Afghanistan. He flew a Firefly prop plane and a Squirrel helicopter and accumulated hundreds of flight hours. He worked as an Apache pilot in 2012-2013.
Kemp accused the whole event of being an occasion where “celebrities rub each other’s egos”.
– He is a celebrity and a well-known person, of course it gives media attention to this award and to the people who want to make it known.
Many eye-catchers were seen at the event, such as Jeff Bezos, William Shatner, Kurt Russell and Morgan Freeman. Prince Harry posed as a prince in a joint photo Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippen with.
Meghan was not present at her husband’s side because she was taking care of a sick child at home.