Prince Harry made his first public appearance since his bombshell interview, in which he exposed his strained relationship with his father, the King.
Prince Harry has talked about “fearless leadership” in an “apathetic world” on his first public appearance since his bombshell BBC interview. The Duke of Sussex, on his son Prince Archie’s sixth birthday, travelled to Las Vegas for an onstage discussion to launch a new initiative for The Diana Award.
There he heralded young leaders for standing up for themselves, just days after speaking out about his relationship with his father, the King. Last week, after losing a Court of Appeal challenge over his security arrangements in the UK, the duke gave a sit-down interview in which he said the King will not speak to him and he does not know how much longer his father, who is being treated for cancer, has left.
However, he noted that young people have an “adequate openness about mental health” that “previous generations struggled to express” at the Las Vegas event. Sikander “Sonny” Khan, from Michigan, US, and Christina Williams, both from Jamaica, who were also recipients of the Diana Legacy Award, said: “We’re in a time where we are looking for more companies to be serving the greater good – the majority, not the minority.
Every single young person has potential, they say. In a world where there is more empathy than there is before, from the perspective of the younger generation… It’s the empathy, the authenticity, the truth, the honesty, and the fearlessness…
We need “when they stand up for themselves and stand up for their communities.” Fearless leadership is required. Therefore, I commend both of you and what you stand for.
The Diana Award, a charity founded in honor of Harry and the late Prince of Wales’s mother, is initiating business investment pledges to support youth leadership. According to Harry, “far too many young people are stifled from leadership pipelines because of the lack of truly inclusive and accessible pathways.”
They are already taking the lead, he continued. They exhibit an emotional intelligence, social awareness, and honesty regarding mental illness that earlier generations struggled to express.
We must stop underestimating them and start listening if we want a better future. What sets them apart isn’t just their boldness, but also their refusal to accept the status quo.
Harry made his appearance shortly after losing his appeal to the UK over his security arrangements, and he stated in the TV interview that he “can’t see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the UK.”
He expressed hopes of a reconciliation with his family and told the BBC his court defeat was a “good old-fashioned establishment stitch-up” and that he could not see how he could bring his wife and children safely back to the UK.
The duke argued that the monarchy’s members were a form of “control,” stating that, “Depending on what happens next, today’s decision set a new precedent for how security can be used to control family members. Effectively, it prevents other family members from having the freedom to choose a different life.
