Prince Harry has been pictured smiling alongside a former Pat Tilman award recipient who leapt to the Duke of Sussex’s defence. The royal received the memorial award set up in the name of Pat Tillman at a glitzy event in Los Angeles. Pat Tilman gave up a lucrative career in the NFL to enlist as an Army Ranger in 2002 and served in Iraq and then Afghanistan, where he was killed by friendly fire in 2004. The decision to nominate Prince Harry for the award sparked a furious backlash with over 70,000 signing a petition calling for the move to be reversed. The petition demanded ESPN rethink their d…
