The decision to name Prince Harry as a ‘Living Legend of Aviation’ has been met with consternation from British army personnel, who claim he served as a “number two” while in Afghanistan.
The Duke of Sussex spent ten years serving with the military and completed two tours of Afghanistan as a forward air controller and an Apache helicopter pilot, as well as taking part in numerous flying training missions in the UK, US and Australia.
However, while critics have argued that his military record is admirable, he did not do enough to distinguish himself from any other serving pilot.
Retired military officer Colonel Richard Kemp told The Sun that the award amounts to just “celebrities massaging each other’s egos”, as he said: “He was a gunner in an Apache helicopter in Afghanistan but so were many, many other people.
“I can think of many people who did pretty extraordinary things while serving in the British and American armed …