PRINCE HARRY has missed the marriage of his “actual greatest man” – as he was noticed 5,000 miles away.
The Duke of Sussex was seen in Santa Barbara, California throughout his polo teammate Jack Mann’s wedding ceremony in Stutton, Suffolk.
Prince Harry together with his ‘actual greatest man’ Jack Mann on his wedding ceremony eveningCredit score: Netflix
Meghan and Harry in California earlier this 12 monthsCredit score: Getty
Harry appeared in a “band of brothers” photograph with Mann, 40, and different shut pals on the evening of his personal wedding ceremony to Meghan Markle in 2018.
The pair met at Sandhurst, the place each skilled to develop into officers within the Blues and Royals.
They later served collectively on tour in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The polo star was mentioned by royal watchers to be Harry’s “actual” greatest man, fairly than his brother Prince William.
Mann exchanged vows with Isabella Clark, an osteopath, at St Peter’s Church in Stutton.
Their company included Princess Charlotte’s godfather Thomas van Straubenzee and his spouse Lucy, an assistant head at Charlotte and Prince George’s former faculty Thomas’s.
It’s not identified how shut Harry and Mann nonetheless are – with the prince claiming in his memoir Spare that he had fallen out with some previous pals over his assaults on the Royal Household.
Mann is the son of former SAS officer and self-described mercenary Simon Mann, who was jailed after attempting to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea within the 2004 “Wonga Coup”.
Simon spent over 5 years in prisons in Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea after the coup was foiled.
He additionally grew to become a common through the Angolan civil battle, visiting Moscow to purchase thermobaric bombs from a former KGB officer.
His son Jack, the founder of personal safety agency Alma Danger, additionally made headlines when officers in Malta stopped him from travelling to Libya for a mission.
Jack beforehand labored as “nation supervisor” in Libya for Aegis Defence Providers.
His wedding ceremony to Isabella was held close to her household’s Seventeenth-century seat, with Simon Mann main a toast.
The pair used to play polo collectivelyCredit score: Rex