Prince Harry 'stunned' by backlash to his ESPY nomination for 'the Pat Tillman Award for Service' after Afghanistan veteran's own mother said she would have preferred for it to go to someone 'less privileged'

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Prince Harry 'stunned' by backlash to his ESPY nomination for 'the Pat Tillman Award for Service' after Afghanistan veteran's own mother said she would have preferred for it to go to someone 'less privileged'

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Prince Harry was 'stunned' by the backlash he faced after being nominated for an award named after an American war hero killed in Afghanistan, sources have claimed. The Duke of Sussex, 39, is due to be honoured with the Pat Tillman Award for Service for his Invictus Games work at the glitzy ESPY Awards in Los Angeles on July 11. Tillman, an American football star who gave up a £3million contract to enlist in the US Army after 9/11, had his life tragically cut short at the age of 27 when he was killed in friendly fire while serving in Afghanistan 20 years ago.
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