Friends of the warring brothers hint Harry’s ‘favoured usher’ Jack Mann was his best man

Prince Harry has claimed his function as greatest man for Prince William on the 2011 Royal Marriage ceremony was ‘all for present’ – sparking accusations he had his personal secret greatest man. 

Pals of the warring brothers now recommend the Duke of Sussex might have employed the identical technique as his sibling for his personal marriage ceremony in 2018. 

And now mates of the warring brothers additionally recommend the identical technique might have been deployed throughout Harry’s marriage ceremony in 2018.

A supply instructed The Mail on Sunday: ‘There have lengthy been rumours in Harry’s circle that there was one other greatest man, in secret. William was the public-facing greatest man however not the only greatest man, nor the true greatest man in Harry’s eyes.’

Harry had a number of ushers on his huge day, together with his fellow polo-player Jack Mann and his closest buddy Charlie van Straubenzee, brother of Prince William’s greatest buddy Thomas.

Prince William and Prince Harry on the Duke of Sussex’s marriage ceremony to Meghan Markle. Pals of Harry have now instructed there was ‘one other greatest man’ aside from William on the marriage ceremony

Pals of the warring brothers have now stated that Prince Harry equally had ‘one other greatest man’ hinting that his fellow polo-player Jack Mann took on the function of high Usher

Prince William and his spouse Kate on their marriage ceremony day on April 29, 2011, adopted by Prince Harry and Kate’s Maid of Honour and sister, Pippa Middleton. In his sensational tell-all Spare, Harry claimed he was pressured to go together with his brother’s ‘bare-faced lie’ that he was one of the best man

Some mates imagine it was an usher who acted as greatest man, and expressed shock that the element had been omitted from Spare, given Harry had confessed to being a pretend greatest man for William.

In accordance with one buddy, Mr Mann has lengthy been described by these near him as Harry’s favoured usher – or ‘greatest man’.

He had beforehand been known as Harry’s so-called ‘deputy greatest man’ by a supply who attended a lunch with the Duke, Charlie van Straubenzee and his  ‘surrogate godfather’ Mark Dyer in 2021 following Prince Phillip’s funeral.

Mr Mann not too long ago appeared within the fourth episode of the Sussexes’ Netflix documentary collection Harry & Meghan, which revealed beforehand unseen footage of their marriage ceremony receptions.

The Duke and Mr Mann, who grew to become mates whereas on the Royal Army Academy Sandhurst, was pictured amongst a gaggle of males at Harry’ marriage ceremony, as they partied at Frogmore Home in Windsor Fort.

Final month, Mr Mann was detained by safety officers earlier than travelling to war-torn Libya, being questioned by Maltese police who challenged his declare that he was on a mission to ship medical coaching.

Maltese police later confirmed to the Mail that they ‘spoke to the passengers for clarification of the proposed actions in Libya’ and that no additional motion was taken.

The previous military member, stated he and his colleagues, which included different former British troopers, had been stopped at an airport in Malta, a Mediterranean Island round 223 miles north of Libya.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle leaving Windsor Fort within the Ascot Landau carriage after their marriage ceremony at St George’s Chapel on Might 19 2019

Final week, Mr Mann was detained by safety officers in war-torn Libya, being questioned by Maltese police who challenged his declare that he was on a mission to ship medical coaching. Pictured: Prince Harry and Jack Mann on the Mann Audi Polo Problem in Ascot, 2015

Mr Mann confirmed: ‘We didn’t proceed the journey from Malta [to Libya] on the recommendation of Maltese immigration to rectify our paperwork earlier than travelling onwards. 

Jack Mann is the son of SAS officer turned mercenary Simon Mann (pictured) whose alleged bid to overthrow the federal government of Equatorial Guinea in 2004 led to a five-year stint behind bars

‘The difficulty was resolved inside 5 days and the United Nations has confirmed there was no breach of sanctions. 

‘They [Alma Risk] are free to ship the coaching.

‘I’ve visited Libya beforehand in my function as a non-public safety advisor. ‘

Prince Harry’s buddy can be the son of SAS officer turned mercenary Simon Mann, whose alleged bid to overthrow the federal government of Equatorial Guinea in 2004 led to a five-year stint behind bars.

Sir Mark Thatcher, the son of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, admitted unwittingly being a financier behind the tried coup. He stated he was misled by its organisers. 

Mr Mann, who’s newly engaged, hosted the Duchess of Sussex for dinner events at his West London house in the course of the early days of her courtship with Harry.

Nonetheless, he’s thought to have grown aside from Harry because the marriage ceremony. In Spare, the Prince explains that appearances will be misleading at Royal weddings, revealing that it was a ‘barefaced lie’ that he was William’s greatest man.

Mr who’s newly engaged, hosted the Duchess of Sussex for dinner events at his West London house in the course of the early days of her courtship with Harry 

Prince Harry sensationally claimed in ebook Spare that he was pressured to go together with his brother’s ‘bare-faced lie’ that he was one of the best man at his marriage ceremony in 2011 (pictured at Westminster Abbey above)

Harry has additionally alleged that there was a battle between him and the Prince of Wales after he referred to as Meghan Markle ‘troublesome’, ‘impolite’ and ‘abrasive’. Pictured collectively after the Queen’s dying in September 2022 

Prince William’s shut mates, Thomas Van Straubenzee (left) and James Meade (proper), gave the normal greatest man’s speech on the couple’s reception – moderately than Prince Harry

He stated his brother’s shut mates James Meade and Thomas Van Straubenzee truly gave the normal speech on the reception.

He stated: ‘Willy didn’t need me giving a greatest man’s speech.’

At Harry’s marriage ceremony, Meghan broke custom by giving a fairy-tale-themed speech of her personal, however it has by no means been reported that Prince William spoke at size – and if he did, Harry doesn’t describe him doing so in Spare.

As a substitute, he says his brother ruined the seating plan on the night dinner by swapping place playing cards on his desk in order that {couples} had been seated aside, within the English custom.

It was Meghan’s choice that {couples} must be seated collectively.

Harry additionally explains that William didn’t wish to spend time with him the evening earlier than the ceremony and solely attended a pre-wedding ushers’ dinner after the Queen intervened. Final evening, Mr Mann stated: ‘I’m not going to touch upon something to do with this.’

Mr Mann served with the British Military in Iraq and Afghanistan earlier than setting  up a non-public safety firm in 2015 referred to as Alma Threat.

Previous to this he labored in Libya as a rustic supervisor for a special UK safety firm, Aegis Defence Providers.

Alma Threat’s web site says the corporate presents a ‘numerous vary of safety and danger administration companies to company and personal purchasers’.

In different claims amid the 557 pages of the memoir, the Prince instructed of how William was ‘tipsy on final evening’s rum’ simply hours earlier than he married Kate, whereas greeting members of the general public who had gathered on the Mall by Buckingham Palace. 

Harry recollects that he stated to his brother ‘you odor of alcohol’ earlier than handing him mints as he lowered the window of the automotive. 

The remarks come amid his deeply private disagreement with William – who he accused of pushing him over onto a canine bowl throughout a blazing row at Nottingham Cottage in 2019.  

The battle allegedly broke out after William referred to as Meghan ‘troublesome’, ‘impolite’ and ‘abrasive’. 

In one other alleged battle Harry claimed his brother ‘lunged’ at him and ‘grabbed his shirt twice’ in entrance of King Charles throughout a row over Harry and Meghan’s explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Harry stated William used a secret code phrase about their mom Princess Diana in the course of the battle following Prince Phillip’s funeral.

The California-based royal stated Prince William was ‘actually steaming’ and grasped at him as he tried to stroll away from the battle.

Harry claimed on the time he had been making an attempt to deal with bullying allegations made by Meghan however stated his father and brother ‘weren’t listening’.

Prince Harry’s extremely anticipated memoir might be launched within the UK on January 10, however copies have already leaked and the ebook was unintentionally revealed early in Spain

William allegedly ‘grabbed him once more’ as he tried to stroll away and ‘twisted him’ so they may preserve eye contact. 

It was then that William stated their ‘secret code’ swearing on Princess Diana’s life that his intentions had been real. 

He writes that William stated: ‘Harold, you will need to hearken to me! I simply need you to be completely happy, Harold. I swear I swear on Mummy’s life.’

Harry continued: ‘He stopped. I finished. Pa stopped. He’d gone there.

‘He’d used the key code, the common password. Ever since we had been boys these three phrases had been for use solely in instances of utmost disaster.’

The Duke claimed his brother ‘wasn’t fairly prepared to simply accept defeat’ and claimed to be ‘correctly sick and unwell’ over the tensions between the pair.

William allegedly reiterated: ‘I swear to you now on Mummy’s life that I simply need you to be completely happy’.

Harry has talked brazenly of eager to reconcile together with his father and his sibling, regardless of his extraordinary claims plunging the Royal Household into its worst disaster because the dying of his mom in 1997. 

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Who does Prince Harry declare Prince William’s greatest males had been in 2011? 

Prince Harry has claimed in his extraordinary memoir, Spare, that hew as pressured to go together with Prince William’s ‘naked face lie’ that he was meant to be his greatest man at his marriage ceremony in 2011.

He stated the alleged ongoing rift between the pair meant ‘Willy did not need me giving a greatest man’s speech’.

As a substitute, Harry claimed that one of the best man speech was given to Prince William’s two closest mates, James Meade and Thomas Van Straubenzee.

Who’s James Meade?

James Meade went to Eton with Prince William, and is the son of Olympic gold medalist equestrian Richard Meade.

Mr Meade additionally grew to become shut with the Princess of Wales, whom he even accompanied to the Badminton Horse Trials after her transient cut up from William in Might 2007.

He and his spouse Woman Laura Marsham, daughter of the eighth Earl of Romney, are each godparents to Princess Charlotte.

The couple have been married since 2013, when William was an usher at their marriage ceremony.

Meade reportedly used to take the Prince ingesting on the Cuckoo Membership in Piccadilly of their youth, the place he reportedly all the time inspired the royal inheritor to hit the dance flooring.

James Meade pictured with Prince Harry whereas they attend the marriage of Prince William’s different ‘actual’ greatest man, Thomas Van Straubenzee

Who’s Thomas Van Straubenzee?

Thomas Van Straubenzee has been mates with each William and Harry for a few years, courting all the best way again to after they attend Ludgrove prep faculty collectively.

Van Straubenzee is the worldwide head of the non-public workplace of property agent Knight Frank, and accompanied the Prince to New Zealand on his hole yr.

He’s additionally godfather to the Wales’ daughter Princess Charlotte.

The businessman and property advisor, whose mother and father are Captain Alexander van Straubenzee and Claire Fenwick, used to vacation with William in Cornwall after they had been kids, and, earlier than his marriage to Charlotte’s former trainer from St Thomas’s Battersea Lucy Lanigan-O’Keeffe, 32, in 2020, had a status for loving an evening out.

The couple share a younger son, Albert.

Thomas Van Straubenzee pictured together with his spouse Lucy Lanigan-O’Keffee, attending a Sunday service on the Church of St Mary Magdalene on the Sandringham property in 2020