The Duke of Sussex has been slammed after he announced that he will not fly to the UK for the memorial service of his grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh.

However, Prince Harry will reportedly go to The Hague for the Invictus Games next month.

His spokesperson confirmed that he would not attend Prince Philip’s Service of Thanksgiving on March 29, which will be held at Westminster Abbey.

The duke’s lawyers claimed he “does not feel safe” after he was told he would no longer have the “same degree” of protection when visiting the UK even though he offered to pay for it himself.

However, Harry will still go to Europe for the Invictus Games in the Netherlands.

Royal biographer Angela Levin has slammed Harry over his decision, calling him a ‘child stamping his feet.’

Levin also said that the duke “has snubbed the Duke of Edinburgh but really he is snubbing the Queen” who is still “grieving the loss of her husband of 73 years.”

“He has got this all wrong. If he comes over for a royal event he gets police protection. What they won’t do is, if he goes out with his friends he gets security. He’ll probably use this same excuse to try to get out of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations,” Levin said.

“It’s all about ‘me, me, me’ rather than going out of his way for his grandmother and showing her he cares. He’s behaving like a child stamping his feet.”

The memorial later this month will include family, friends, dignitaries, and representative of organizations and charities with which Prince Philip was associated.

A spokesperson said that Harry, who visited the UK for the unveiling of the late Princess Diana’s memorial last year, hopes “to visit the Queen as soon as possible.”

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