Meghan Markle could have played a role in securing Prince Harry a controversial award nomination thanks to her network of friends, a royal commentator has suggested.
The Duke of Sussex is due to receive the Pat Tillman Award for Service for his work with the Invictus Games. However, the decision was criticised by the mother of the slain US soldier, who quit a multi-million NFL contract to join the army after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and was killed in Afghanistan.
Veterans have also questioned the move, citing Harry's now tenuous links with the military. He faced similar disapproval earlier this year when he was inducted into the Living Legends of Aviation.
Mail on Sunday editor-at-large Charlotte Griffiths told GB News: "This is actually very serious. There's a grieving mother involved and she said: 'Look, I don't know if you're filming your Netflix documentary but you can't just make life about promoting yourself because sometimes there's a serious message behind these events that you attend.'
"Serena Williams is presenting the award and she's a very good friend of Meghan Markle. I have to think, I have to wonder if Meghan's got her fingerprints on this."
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