Russian artist Andrei Molodkin projected a sculpture featuring blood donated by Afghans along with footage of Prince Harry onto London’s St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday.

Molodkin’s projection was in protest against Prince Harry's controversial remarks about the number of people he killed in Afghanistan. The Duke of Sussex received criticism after claiming to have killed 25 Taliban fighters while serving in Afghanistan, writing in his new memoir “Spare” that it was "not a number that fills me with satisfaction, but nor does it embarrass me."

“While in the heat and fog of combat, I didn't think of those twenty-five as people. You can't kill people if you think of them as people. You can't really harm people if you think of them as people. They were chess pieces removed from the board, Bads taken away before they could kill Goods,” Prince Harry wrote in his book.

The artist said he collaborated with Afghan donors in the French coastal town of Calais and the UK for the sculpture. The human blood was pumped into the sculpture of the royal coat of arms and then projected onto the cathedral.

The Duke of Sussex, who has stepped down from his royal duties and left the UK with his wife Meghan Markle, served as an Apache helicopter pilot during the war in Afghanistan and his missions resulted in “the taking of human lives.”

Prince Harry served in the British army for 10 years, rising to the rank of captain and undertaking two tours of Afghanistan.

In February 2008, Britain’s Ministry of Defense confirmed that Prince Harry had been serving with the army in Helmand, Afghanistan “for more than two months.”

“Prince Harry is very proud to serve his country on operations alongside his fellow soldiers and to do the job he has been trained for,” a statement from Clarence House, a royal residence in London, said at the time. (Anadolu Agency)

•PHOTO: Image of the British royal family coat of arms sculpture, made by Russian artist Andrei Molodkin with the blood donated by Afghans to protest Prince Harry, who claimed in his book that he killed 25 Taliban members while on military duty in Afghanistan, is reflected on the St. Paul Cathedral in London, United Kingdom on March 29, 2023.

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