Prince Harry Closed His Own Car Door, And People Freaked Out

Prince Harry  has been accused of breaching royal tradition in the same way that led to an internet storm over Meghan Markle last year, almost to the day.

The two did the unthinkable and closed their own car doors   yes, really while attending official royal engagements. 

Harry made   headlines  for doing so while attending the fifth anniversary of the Invictus Games in London on Tuesday. 

Last September, Meghan caused a stir  by closing her own door with many saying the move made her look “humble” and “down to earth” during her first solo outing at the opening of the “Oceania” exhibit at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Of course, as etiquette experts told HuffPost last year, the move itself does not actually breach royal protocol. 

But it is typical for security officers to open and close the door for royalty, Diana Mather , director and senior tutor at The English Manner,  an international protocol, etiquette and hospitality consultancy firm in the U.K., said last September. 

“It is really for safety,” Mather said over email at the time, noting that Harry typically didn’t shut his own door on the way out.

Lifestyle and etiquette expert Elaine Swann  said that she believes that was because Harry “has been royal since birth,” while Meghan at the time was still adjusting to all of the new rules to follow. 

Anything the couple does is subject to intense dissection. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex recently weathered a storm of controversy after reportedly taking four private flights in 11 days for vacations in France and Spain. 

Many of the couple’s famous friends, like Elton John and Ellen DeGeneres, jumped to defend the royals and their private plane use.