Former army captain Prince Harry was given a symbolic gift for wifeMeghan Marklewhen he added his voice to the call for more mentors to help young people grow their potential across society.
“Oh, lovely,” Harry who did two tours of Afghanistan when he was in the army and army air corps, told Diana Hosford in London on Tuesday.
“It was such a lovely moment,” says Hosford, vice president of veterans’ families’ organization Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. She told him about her trip to Afghanistan and “the importance of honoring the life and the service with not as much a focus on the death of a hero.”
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Then Bonnie Carroll, who is the founder and president ofTAPS, presented him with a “challenge coin.” Wary of protocol, she was slow to hold out her hand but the new dad then asked her to present it to him.
“In military tradition, a coin is placed in the palm of the hand of the person presenting it, and then the recipient shakes that person’s hand and receives the coin in the handshake,” Hosford explains. Harry replied, “I love these,” when Carroll went ahead and handed over the coin the military way.
Carroll spoke to Harry about her late husband, Brigadier General Tom Carroll, and how his death inspired her to set up TAPS to be born 25 years ago.
Gifts for Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.Courtesy Diana Hosford
Coin given to Prince Harry.
Harry continued, “Perhaps it’s the newfound clarity I have as a father, knowing that my son will always be watching what I do, mimicking my behavior, one day maybe even following in my footsteps. But it’s not just my role as a father that shows me that; it’s in the people I see every day that don’t realize how inspirational they are to those watching.”
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source: people.com
