Pals of the British royals and navy sources have described Prince Harry’s determination to simply accept a “retail” award at a glitzy ceremony as “a transparent image of his determined want for consideration,” “pathetic,” and “unhappy.”One pal of the royal household informed The Each day Beast: “I’m afraid it’s only a clear image of his determined want for consideration. The irony of the entire of the final 4 years is that Harry and Meghan stated they had been leaving the royal household so the media would go away them alone. And now, right here Harry is, actually selecting up retail awards on reside TV. It’s pathetic.”The cruel feedback got here after a supply in Harry’s camp reportedly stated {that a} backlash to Harry being awarded the Pat Tillman award, spearheaded by the mom of the late NFL star-turned struggle hero, had left Harry upset.Harry’s workplace declined to remark to The Each day Beast. Nevertheless, his camp are understood to have been left gratified by former winners of the award, akin to U.S. Marine Jake Wooden, praising the presentation of the award to Harry.Proof of simply how divisive the difficulty has change into is that even ESPN figurehead Pat McAfee has blasted the choice to offer him the award within the first place, saying the community is attempting “to piss individuals off.”One supply informed the Telegraph that the controversy had been a “bitter tablet to swallow,” and that “the response actually took the shine off the award.”Harry will get the Pat Tillman Award for Service through the 2024 ESPY Awards, which can air reside on Thursday, July 11, at 8 p.m. EDT on ABC. He’s being honored for his work with the Invictus Video games, which he based to help wounded, injured, and sick servicemen and girls by worldwide sporting occasions.Tillman was an American soccer participant who left a profitable profession with the Arizona Cardinals to enlist within the U.S. Military following the 9/11 terror assaults. He was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 and the Pat Tillman Award for Service was established in 2014 by ESPN in his reminiscence to honor people who, like Tillman, have made “outstanding civic contributions” and proven “extraordinary fortitude and spirit of service.”Whether or not or not Prince Harry meets these standards has since been a topic of a lot debate because it was introduced he was this 12 months’s winner. Tillman’s mom, Mary, nailed her colours to the mast when she informed the Mail on Sunday: “I’m shocked as to why they would choose such a controversial and divisive particular person to obtain the award. There are recipients which are way more becoming.”A navy supply who labored with Harry within the military stated, “For those who get a medal within the military, you don’t brag about it, so the thought of turning up at a televised awards ceremony to be honored could be totally embarrassing to most navy individuals. It’s actually unhappy to see Harry, who was an incredible man who everybody revered, doing this sort of stuff.”Earlier this 12 months Harry, who accomplished two excursions of Afghanistan as an Apache helicopter pilot, was given an award for being a “Dwelling Legend of Aviation” at a glitzy ceremony in Beverly Hills, California. “That is the house through which he really feels at dwelling, it’s one thing he deeply cares about. The response actually took the shine off the award.”— Supply near Prince Harry The navy supply stated, “That was arguably worse. If different individuals wish to evaluate him to Buzz Aldrin that’s their enterprise, however Harry shouldn’t be endorsing that form of crap being stated about him by turning up on the ceremonies in his dinner jacket.”The Telegraph cited a Sussex supply as saying: “Harry’s legacy on Invictus, the issues he has achieved, that’s his actual ardour… That is the house through which he really feels at dwelling, it’s one thing he deeply cares about. The response actually took the shine off the award.”On June 29, former NFL participant Pat McAfee criticized the choice on his ESPN present, saying: “We must always rejoice sports activities. The worldwide leaders ought to rejoice sport, however doing one thing like that is clearly attempting to piss individuals off.” He joked there must be a brand new award “for Royal Member of the family who doesn’t wish to be referred to as ‘Royal Member of the family’ who loves sports activities?”Nevertheless an nameless professional described as a “tv marketing consultant, who works for Disney and ESPN” informed the Telegraph that “behind closed doorways” executives could be “excited” that Harry “has prompted such curiosity on this night time.”