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PTSD charity fails to include suffering former soldiers to glitzy event
Combat Stress criticised for charging £99 for tickets to its Veterans Mental Health conference and ignoring soldiers while inviting royalty

A POLICE convoy whisked Prince Harry past ex-soldiers waving placards as he arrived at a high-profile veterans’ mental health conference.

Former soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) said today that they were being sidelined by event organisers who did not invite them to speak about their ordeals.

 

Prince Harry whizzed past ex-soldiers protesting as he enters the Veterans Mental Health conference today. I'm covering Gus Hales' alternative conference outside for @M_Star_Online. Tobias Ellwood will speak inside shortly pic.twitter.com/4n51Av9Ju3

— Phil Miller (@pmillerinfo) March 14, 2019
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