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Mr Jack said:
Does anyone know why some of the royals are in military uniform, whilst others are in suits? King Charles, William, and Anne seem to be in uniform, Harry and Andrew in suits.
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They lost their ceremonial titles when they stopped being active royals so no right to wear military dress. Although they could perhaps wear something as they served but not the rank of what the others are wearing.
 
Ahleckz said:
They lost their ceremonial titles when they stopped being active royals so no right to wear military dress. Although William could perhaps wear something as he served?
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To be honest, I actually think Harry should have been allowed to wear his - he served, etc.
Unlike Edward who's dressed up like he's Napoleon despite his em Marines "service"....
 
Mr Jack said:
Does anyone know why some of the royals are in military uniform, whilst others are in suits? King Charles, William, and Anne seem to be in uniform, Harry and Andrew in suits.
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Harry and Andrew had their ceremonial responsibilities as colonels in chief removed, Harry when he quite and Andy after the civil suit settlement.
 
dLockers said:
I imagine the only flexibility employers will have is if employees aren't contracted to work Mondays (or the contract is super vague), other than that, I'd think they'd need some real word spaghetti to get out of giving a statutory day off.

Even in your example of X days + bank holidays, the number of bank holidays is now +1.
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I don't think that's right.

Even the government website makes the point there isn't statutory entitlement to time off.

"This bank holiday will operate in the same way as other bank holidays, and there is no statutory entitlement to time off. Employers may include bank holidays as part of a worker’s leave entitlement."

Also my example was specifically not 'X Days + BHs', it was 'X Days Inc BHs', subtle but important difference when it comes to contractual leave entitlements.

I wouldn't assume all employers will be dishing out an extra day off, it'll be dependent on your contract and depending on what that says, their discretion.
 
Ahleckz said:
They lost their ceremonial titles when they stopped being active royals so no right to wear military dress. Although they could perhaps wear something as they served but not the rank of what the others are wearing.
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Ah, fair enough. I knew they'd been stripped of ceremonial titles. But I figured since Harry had actually served for some years, he'd at least be wearing the dress uniform from his military days.
 
I think Harry should be able to wear uniform if he still has a role in the military, which he does not as part of his wish to move on with his life.

However, if he has any medals he should be able to wear them irrespective.
 
Kenai said:
I don't think that's right.

Even the government website makes the point there isn't statutory entitlement to time off.

"This bank holiday will operate in the same way as other bank holidays, and there is no statutory entitlement to time off. Employers may include bank holidays as part of a worker’s leave entitlement."

Also my example was specifically not 'X Days + BHs', it was 'X Days Inc BHs', subtle but important difference when it comes to contractual leave entitlements.

I wouldn't assume all employers will be dishing out an extra day off, it'll be dependent on your contract and depending on what that says, their discretion.
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You're possibly right but the wording is always tricky. They are saying you are not entitled to TIME OFF, i.e. the day itself (lol @ Centre Parcs) but you may be entitled to the extra day.

I'd be quitting if my employer said I wasn't getting the day, but not too upset if I still had to work.
 
dLockers said:
I imagine the only flexibility employers will have is if employees aren't contracted to work Mondays (or the contract is super vague), other than that, I'd think they'd need some real word spaghetti to get out of giving a statutory day off.

Even in your example of X days + bank holidays, the number of bank holidays is now +1.
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It's contractually very easy to word it to avoid extra days off. Either give people 28 days holiday (and mandate when 8 of them will be taken), or define it as 20 days plus "normal" bank holidays.
 
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