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By Erin Keller
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March 14, 2024, 4:47 p.m. ET
Prince William is within the constructing — so Prince Harry is way away.
The Prince of Wales, 41, spoke onstage Thursday on the Diana Legacy Awards on the Science Museum in London to honor his late mom, Princess Diana.
“This night’s Legacy Award is especially particular because it marks the twenty fifth anniversary yr of the Diana Award — a charity set as much as replicate my mom’s perception that younger individuals can change the world,” he mentioned.
William attended the occasion with out his spouse, Kate Middleton. by way of REUTERS
Prince William poses with award winners through the Diana Legacy Awards on the Science Museum in London on Thursday. by way of REUTERS
William awards Hailey Richman from the U.S. through the Diana Legacy Awards. by way of REUTERS
“I do know that she would have been honored to see a charity in her title doing such inspirational work to uplift younger individuals from all corners of the globe. She taught me that everybody has the potential to provide one thing again; that everybody in want deserves a supporting hand in life.”
“That legacy is one thing that each Catherine and I’ve sought to concentrate on via our work, as have the 50,000 younger individuals who have acquired a Diana Award over the previous 25 years,” William mentioned of his spouse, Kate Middleton, who didn’t attend the ceremony as she continues to recuperate from belly surgical procedure.
William additionally introduced awards to twenty recipients on the occasion.
William meets Gobhanu Sasankar Korisepati from Oman as he attends The Diana Legacy Awards on the Science Museum on March 14, in London. Getty Photos
The brothers attended the revealing of a statue of their mom, Princess Diana, on the Sunken Backyard in Kensington Palace on July 1, 2021, which might have been her sixtieth birthday. POOL/AFP by way of Getty Photos
The winners will get to talk with Prince Harry, 39, who might be showing on the occasion by video — solely after William has left the premises because the brothers’ feud continues.
Weeks in the past, Harry, who stepped down from the royal household together with his spouse, Meghan Markle, in 2020, misplaced his bid for taxpayer-funded UK safety safety for his household, which incorporates the couple’s son, Prince Archie, 4, and daughter Princess Lilibet, 2.
Harry and Markle infamously sat down with Oprah Winfrey for a tell-all interview in March 2021 the place they acknowledged that there was reality to rumors of a “royal feud” between the brothers.
William, subsequent to Diana Award Chief Govt Tessy Ojo, shakes arms as he attends the Diana Legacy Awards. by way of REUTERS
Princess Diana with Prince Harry and Prince William throughout a vacation with the Spanish royal household on the Marivent Palace in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in Aug. 1987. Getty Photos
Prince Harry seems to the viewers throughout his speech for the “One Yr to Go” Invictus Video games dinner in Vancouver on Feb. 16. AP
“As I’ve mentioned earlier than, I really like William to bits. He’s my brother. We’ve been to hell collectively. However we’re on totally different paths,” Harry mentioned on the time. “The connection is ‘area’ in the intervening time. And time heals all issues, hopefully.”
He additionally wrote in regards to the feud in his 2023 memoir, “Spare.”
The brothers reportedly dodged one another when Harry flew to London to see their father, King Charles III, 75, final month after Buckingham Palace introduced that the monarch had been recognized with most cancers.
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