--- title: Prince Harry Army Comrades Excited for Royal Wedding description: Some of Prince Harry's Army comrades told BBC they are nervous but proud about their role in the royal wedding on May 19. canonical: https://time.com/5273248/prince-harry-armed-forces-comrade-royal-wedding/ author: Lena Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-10T19:15:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:16.788Z og:title: Harry's Army Buds Are Pretty Excited About the Royal Wedding og:description: Some of the Armed Forces members are from Prince Harry's former regiment og:url: https://time.com/5273248/prince-harry-armed-forces-comrade-royal-wedding/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt196a68b1fe02c3df/6989301b8fd2ee71fb35b95b/prince-harry-army-comrades-royal-wedding-role.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Prince Harry Visits The National Memorial Arboretum og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Harry's Army Buds Are Pretty Excited About the Royal Wedding twitter:description: Some of the Armed Forces members are from Prince Harry's former regiment twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt196a68b1fe02c3df/6989301b8fd2ee71fb35b95b/prince-harry-army-comrades-royal-wedding-role.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince Harry's Army Comrades Are 'Pretty Excited' About Their Royal Wedding Role ## Video: Royal Weddings Through the Years [Watch (HLS stream): Royal Weddings Through the Years](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/X9oTAPFe.m3u8) (2:12)  _Published 2018-05-02. Royal Weddings Through the Years_ by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman May 10, 2018 7:15 PM UTC  Prince Harry attends a Service of Dedication to inaugurate the Bastion Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum on June 11, 2015 in Stafford, England. Prince Harry attends a Service of Dedication to inaugurate the Bastion Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum on June 11, 2015 in Stafford, England.Max Mumby—Indigo/Getty Images by [Lena Grossman](https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/) ## Lena Grossman May 10, 2018 7:15 PM UTC Back in March,[ Kensington Palace announced](https://www.royal.uk/military-prince-harry-and-ms-meghan-markles-wedding) that the [Armed Forces would play a special role](http://time.com/5218449/armed-forces-prince-harry-meghan-markle-wedding/) in [Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding](http://time.com/5039393/royal-wedding-2018-details/) on May 19. Prince Harry, known as Capt. Wales in the Army, [served as a helicopter pilot](https://www.royal.uk/military-prince-harry-and-ms-meghan-markles-wedding) with the 662 Squadron, 3 Regiment Army Air Corps in Afghanistan. While these men have served in the Armed Forces, some of the selected 250 soldiers are feeling the pressure, [according to _BBC._ ](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44072269) Capt. William Calder told BBC it was a “stunned surprise” to learn he would be participating in the [royal wedding at Windsor](http://time.com/5176654/st-georges-chapel-windsor-castle-venue/). Currently he’s feeling “a little bit nervous.” Capt. Calder said many of the nerves involved being “front and center” during the royal salute because “[the Queen](http://time.com/5219397/royal-family-queen-elizabeth-last-name/) and the senior members of the royal family will be stepping out the door right beside us.” Nerves aside, Capt. Calder told BBC his family is “pretty excited.” Other soldiers who served with Prince Harry told the BBC they will feel a sense of “pride of place” as they participate in the ceremony outside St. George’s Chapel. Capt. Calder has only met Prince Harry once, but described him as a genial Army comrade. Upon meeting him that first time, Capt. Calder said, “I knew he looked familiar, finally it dawned on me it was Prince Harry and of course he was utterly natural and charming and friendly and just like any other officer in the regiment.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5273248/prince-harry-armed-forces-comrade-royal-wedding/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5273248/prince-harry-armed-forces-comrade-royal-wedding/"},"headline":"Prince Harry's Army Comrades Are 'Pretty Excited' About Their Royal Wedding Role","datePublished":"2018-05-10T19:15:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:16.788Z","description":"Some of the Armed Forces members are from Prince Harry's former regiment","url":"https://time.com/5273248/prince-harry-armed-forces-comrade-royal-wedding/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royal wedding"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt196a68b1fe02c3df/6989301b8fd2ee71fb35b95b/prince-harry-army-comrades-royal-wedding-role.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lena Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lena-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt196a68b1fe02c3df/6989301b8fd2ee71fb35b95b/prince-harry-army-comrades-royal-wedding-role.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Prince Harry Visits The National Memorial Arboretum","caption":"Prince Harry Visits The National Memorial Arboretum","creditText":"Max Mumby—Indigo/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5273248/prince-harry-armed-forces-comrade-royal-wedding/","name":"Prince Harry's Army Comrades Are 'Pretty Excited' About Their Royal Wedding Role"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Royal Weddings Through the Years","description":"Royal Weddings Through the Years","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/X9oTAPFe/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-05-02T15:17:46.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/X9oTAPFe.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5273248/prince-harry-armed-forces-comrade-royal-wedding/","duration":"PT2M12S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5273248/prince-harry-armed-forces-comrade-royal-wedding/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```