Prince Harry has confirmed his first official UK engagements since relocating from California in August, and the schedule is stacked. He’ll attend the Invictus Spirit Awards on September 17, the WellChild Awards in London on September 21 (marking 20 years of the WellChild Nurse program), and the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York on September 22-23. It’s a busy stretch that puts him back in the public eye on both sides of the Atlantic.
But the royal family tension hasn’t gone anywhere. King Charles III recently referred to Harry and Meghan as“private citizens with commercial and charitable interests,”a statement that reportedly frustrated the couple. The fallout has been real: Uganda has reportedly withdrawn from hosting Harry’s Invictus Games over the king’s comment, and a Sussex source said the competitors will be the ones who suffer most.
Harry’s charity work, especially with WellChild and Invictus, has been a constant throughout the drama. Whether he and the king will actually meet face-to-face while he’s in the UK remains the big question. What do you think: should Harry keep doing his thing and ignore the palace politics, or is a family reconciliation still possible?
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