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Prince Harry made a shock look on the annual Tillman Honors gala in Chicago this week after beforehand accepting the Pat Tillman Award for Service in July.
The Duke of Sussex, 40, joined 40 Tillman Students, Israel Del Toro, retired NFL quarterback Jake Plummer and Pat Tillman Basis CEO Dr. Katherine Steele for a management growth session forward of the distinguished charity dinner, held on Wednesday, November 6.
On the dinner, which celebrates former Arizona Cardinal and navy member Pat Tillman’s enduring legacy, Harry was seated subsequent to Marie Tillman Shenton.
Following the occasion, the Pat Tillman Basis shared video highlights from the gala by way of its official Instagram account, which featured snippets of Prince Harry in attendance.
Prince Harry acquired the Pat Tillman Award for Service on the 2024 ESPY Awards regardless of the backlash surrounding the honour. The Duke of Sussex, 39, accepted the award on the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 11. He started his acceptance speech by thanking Marie Tillman Shenton, cofounder of the Tillman Basis and […]
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In July, Harry acquired the Pat Tillman Award for Service on the 2024 ESPY Awards —an award given to a person with a robust connection to sports activities who has helped others in a manner that honors Tillman’s legacy.
Tillman, who was a security for the Arizona Cardinals from 1998 to 2001, was killed in fight whereas serving as a U.S. Military Ranger in Afghanistan in 2004. Tillman was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for main his unit in a profitable rescue throughout his service.
Prince Harry. (Picture by Frazer Harrison/Getty Photos)
Harry acquired the honour in recognition of his 10 years of service within the British Armed Forces and for cofounding the Invictus Video games, a global occasion by which lively and veteran service members who’ve been wounded, injured or sick compete in varied sporting occasions.
Nonetheless, the choice to decide on Prince Harry as this yr’s recipient confronted some backlash — most notably from Tillman’s mom, Mary Tillman.
“I’m shocked as to why they would choose such a controversial and divisive particular person to obtain the award,” she instructed the Each day Mail in June. “There are recipients which can be way more becoming. There are people working within the veteran neighborhood which can be doing super issues to help veterans.”
She added: “These people wouldn’t have the cash, assets, connections or privilege that Prince Harry has. I really feel that these sorts of people needs to be acknowledged.”
Prince Harry is about to obtain a significant honor at this yr’s ESPY Awards — however not everyone is supportive of the acknowledgment. The Duke of Sussex, 39, was just lately introduced because the recipient of the Pat Tillman Award for Service on the 2024 ESPYS, a distinction bestowed upon a person with a robust connection […]
Nonetheless, ESPN stood by its collection of Harry to obtain the honour in response to the backlash.
“ESPN, with the help of the Tillman Basis, is honoring Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, particularly for the work of The Invictus Video games Basis because it celebrates its tenth yr selling therapeutic by means of the facility of sport for navy service members and veterans all over the world,” ESPN stated in an announcement to Us Weekly. “Whereas we perceive not everybody will agree with all honorees chosen for any award, The Invictus Video games Basis does unimaginable work and ESPN believes this can be a trigger price celebrating.”