Prince Harry: Sculpture filled with human blood 'to be projected on to St Paul's Cathedral' after duke's kill claim

After Prince Harry faced criticism for revealing he killed 25 Taliban fighters who he viewed as "chess pieces", Russian artist Andrei Molodkin says he will project a sculpture featuring blood donated by Afghans on to the cathedral, along with footage of the Duke of Sussex.

Prince Harry pictured serving in Afghanistan (L) and the sculpture filled with human blood (R)

Human blood is set to "drench" one of the UK's most famous landmarks in a protest over Prince Harry's controversial remarks about the number of people he killed in Afghanistan.

Russian artist Andrei Molodkin says he will project a sculpture featuring blood donated by Afghans on to St Paul's Cathedral in the coming days, along with footage of the Duke of Sussex. 

It comes after Harry faced criticism for revealing in his memoir that he killed 25 Taliban fighters while serving in Afghanistan, writing that it was "not a number that fills me with satisfaction, but nor does it embarrass me".

The prince also admitted that he did not think of those he killed as "people", but instead as "chess pieces" that had been taken off the board.

Molodkin told Sky News that Harry's remarks had made him "very, very angry" and the idea of his project "is to drench St Paul's Cathedral in the blood of Afghani people".

Prince Harry pictured serving in Afghanistan in 2008

"They read they are just 'chess figures'... for some prince hunting by helicopter," he said. "It looked like a safari situation.

The sculpture is called Royal Blood 

Blood 'pumped' into royal coat of arms

Molodkin said four Afghans in Calais had already given blood for the sculpture and another five Afghans in the UK will donate when the stunt is carried out before the end of March.

The artist said about 1,250ml of blood will be used for the artwork after being taken from donors by a registered nurse, kept in a fridge and then "pumped" into the sculpture of the royal coat of arms.

Explaining how the project will work, he said: "Blood will go in the royal coat of arms, it will circulate in there.

"It will be projected... on to the cathedral - so all the cathedral will be in the blood of Afghani people."

Moldokin said a video featuring Prince Harry will also be projected on to the cathedral.

Artist will try to take blood from inside cathedral

Molodkin said he will attempt to take the Afghans' blood inside the cathedral - where Harry's parents, King Charles and Diana, were married - but he has not approached St Paul's to seek permission.

"I think in the church, you can give the blood," he said.

"It's a cathedral - it's for everyone. Everyone can come there and pray. Donating blood, it's kind of a way of praying."

Sky News approached St Paul's Cathedral for comment but did not receive a response. 

Molodkin, who used to serve in the Soviet Union's army, said he explained to all the Afghan donors why they were giving blood.

Asked how they felt about Harry's remarks, he replied: "I think they are very angry."

He added: "Even in the army, you're scared to participate in the shooting of others… you're very stressed about. But he thinks it's a video game." 

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