Writer and broadcaster Esther Krakue says Prince Harry was involved in a “kerfuffle” after choosing to wear medals during a remote presentation of a US army award.

The Duke of Sussex has copped criticism for wearing four medals – including his grandmother's various Jubilees – while handing out the award for Military Times Soldier of the Year to combat medic Sergeant First Class Elizabeth Marks.

“People are questioning why he didn’t wear the medal that he got for coming to the King’s coronation,” Ms Krakue said.

“People are saying that’s a snub to the King and he’s trying to create a clear line between his life pre-the Queen and before he fled to the US with Meghan and after, when his father became King.

“Obviously it’s hard to tell whether these kinds of moves are calculated by the Sussex’s because that would require us to give them a degree of intelligence and cleverness.”