In a matter of days, Prince Harry will probably be offered with an award named in honor of a fallen soldier and promising NFL participant. For those who’re confused, you are not alone.On Thursday, ESPN introduced that the royal can be this yr’s recipient of the esteemed Pat Tillman Award for Service on the 2024 ESPY Awards, a choice that Tillman’s personal mom finds gorgeous.PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE WILL NEVER MAKE PEACE WITH FAMILY IF THEY KEEP CASHING IN ON ROYAL TITLES: EXPERT Prince Harry is the 2024 recipient of the Pat Tillman Award For Service. (Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Pictures)”I’m shocked as to why they would choose such a controversial and divisive particular person to obtain the award,” Mary “Dannie” Tillman instructed The DailyMail. “There are recipients which might be much more becoming. There are people working within the veteran neighborhood which might be doing large issues to help veterans.””These people shouldn’t have the cash, assets, connections or privilege that Prince Harry has. I really feel that these sorts of people needs to be acknowledged,” she stated. Mary Tillman was perplexed by ESPN giving her son’s award to Prince Harry. (Pete Souza/Chicago Tribune/Tribune Information Service by way of Getty Pictures)LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSHarry, who served within the British Military for ten years, is being acknowledged for his work with the Invictus Video games, a global sporting occasion for wounded servicemen and ladies. He launched the worldwide occasion in 2014, one yr earlier than stepping down from energetic obligation. Prince Harry served within the British Military for 10 years. (SAEED KHAN/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)The upcoming Invictus Video games are happening in Düsseldorf, Germany in July.Upon studying he’d be receiving the award, the Duke of Sussex stated, “This one is for our total service neighborhood,” per Folks journal. He’ll settle for the honour in Hollywood subsequent month. The Duke of Sussex and his spouse Meghan Markle lately visited Nigeria and met with youngsters forward of the Invictus Video games. (KOLA SULAIMON/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERRecent recipients embody the Buffalo Payments Coaching Employees (2023), Retired US Military Command Sergeant Main, Gretchen Evans (2022), skilled footballer Marcus Rashford (2021) {and professional} boxer, Kim Clavel (2020).The award was established in 2014, ten years after Tillman, a former Arizona Cardinal, died in fight in Afghanistan attributable to pleasant hearth. He famously turned down a multi-year contract and upwards of three million {dollars} to enlist within the Military after the terrorist assaults on September 11. Pat Tillman performed for the Arizona Cardinals earlier than enlisting within the military. (Gene Decrease /Sports activities Illustrated by way of Getty Pictures) Pat Tillman died underneath tragic circumstances in 2004. (Getty Pictures)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP”He all the time needed to attempt to do the fitting factor – not that he did the fitting factor on a regular basis, however he tried – and he defended his pals every time they have been in some sort of hassle,” his mom lately instructed ESPN. “I simply suppose it [the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath] trivialized soccer … and I believe he felt like he ought to do extra.”Mary is not the one one who has voiced her disdain for ESPN’s selection. Widespread sports activities analyst, Pat McAffe, ripped the choice on his personal present, saying, “While you do one thing like this, the speedy response from people and from sports activities followers and like individuals with like simply frequent sense in brains.”McAffe advised that the choice to call Prince Harry was “attempting to piss individuals off.”A consultant for Prince Harry and ESPN didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark. Caroline Thayer is an leisure author for Fox Information Digital. Observe Caroline Thayer on Twitter at @carolinejthayer. Story ideas might be despatched to caroline.thayer@fox.com.