Meanwhile, when asked what gives him hope for the future he said: “I have said it before years ago and I’ll say it again. The younger generation is what gives me hope. The courage you have gives me hope. Everyone of us needs courage to move the dial in this world, probably more than ever. We need to listen and act on what you say because it is your future that will be stolen and that is unacceptable.
Harry is on a solo trip to the Big Apple, where he is due to speak at several high-profile events that coincide with the United Nations General Assembly this week. On arriving in the city, he last night joined a dinner hosted by the World Health Organisation.
There Harry was seen rubbing shoulders with the likes of Queen Mathilde of Belgium and the Hollywood actor Forest Whittaker at the event to honour survivors of childhood violence. The dinner comes just hours after Harry was forced to make a solo appearance at a charity event on Friday, with Meghan noticeably absent.
Harry appeared alone at the charity event organised by Kevin Costner honouring first responders and presented an award to a fellow helicopter pilot. Harry attended the event last year, with many hoping his wife Meghan would join him for the 2024 event – the same as the previous year. However, a source at the event mysteriously said: “We were all hoping Meghan would attend like she did last year but the word is that she is sick and could not make it.”
During Harry’s stay in New York this week, he is set to appear at several major events. Harry is championing causes close to his heart and those associated with Diana, Princess of Wales . Later today he will make an appearance for the Halo Trust, the landmine clearance charity supported by Diana, and then a private engagement with conservation group African Parks.
Tomorrow, he will appear at the 2024 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting. The Foundation was founded by former US president Bill Clinton and supported by his wife former US Secretary of state Hilary Clinton and their daughter Chelsea, with the theme of this year’s gathering of political, business and philanthropic leaders called “What’s Working”.
During his appearance at the meeting, Harry plans to discuss the launch of The Archewell Foundation Parents’ Network, an initiative supporting parents whose children have suffered or died due to online harm. He will also address his nonprofit’s collaboration with the World Health Organization and others to end violence against children, an issue he and his wife Meghan outlined on their recent trip to Colombia.
However, one person Harry won’t be seeing in New York is his older brother, Prince William. Harry’s trip will also overlap with the 2024 Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit, scheduled for Tuesday.
The Earthshot Prize is one of William’s key areas of work, and last year he was in New York for the 2023 summit. It led to speculation that the feuding brothers could awkwardly be in New York at the same time next month. But it has since emerged William is not travelling to the Big Apple later this month and had never planned to.
William did attend the summit in 2023 but his appearance at it in 2022 had to be cancelled as it came during a period of royal mourning after the death and funeral of the late Queen – although he did send a video message.
