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Prince Harry made an awkwardly timed comment about siblings and opened up on royal life upon his return to the UK as he was just eight-miles away from his brother Prince William. The brothers have reportedly got no plans to meet each other during Harry’s trip.

The Duke of Sussex made an appearance at an awards ceremony for the WellChild charity on Monday where he chatted to attendees. He asked one boy: “Have you got brothers and sisters?”

The boy replied: “Yes I have got a younger brother.” Harry quipped: “Does he drive you mad?” The boy said: “Well no, we get on quite well,” to which Harry laughed.

Harry also sat down with an award winner, which was filmed by ITV. He refused to give media interviews but said in the chat: “I always used to laugh with my grandparents, funnily enough, about working with children.

“For me, that unpredictability brings so much fun and enjoyment. I have been slapped across the face, I’ve had my beard pulled. I have had my tie wrapped around my head.”

Speaking of his charity work with children, he added: “I have always said for many years that I still have a child inside of me. I think all of us do.

“I think being amongst these kids brings that out of me. I think that out of all the qualities that these kids have, without question, their resilience tops it all.”

Prince Harry has returned to the UK for a four day trip, having flown over from California solo, without his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, or their two young children, Prince Archie, six, and Princess Lilibet, four.

Harry, who is a Wellchild patron, attended the even on Monday evening, which celebrates the achievements and resilience of seriously ill youngsters and their families.

Over the course of just four days, the Duke will also partake in various charity-focused duties, including an informal meet with Children in Need.

It is understood the Prince has given a huge donation to the charity, which supports disadvantaged children across the UK. Upon his arrival, Harry prioritised visiting his grandmother’s grave in Windsor.

He was seen paying his respects privately inside St George’s Chapel, where he laid a wreath and some flowers. There has been hope Harry could visit his father, King Charles.

But, it is understood to be a different story entirely when it comes to Harry’s relationship with his brother Prince William, with the pair understood not to be on speaking terms.

They have nearly crossed paths already as Prince William and his wife Kate, the Princess of Wales, were just on the other side of Windsor Great Park when Harry laid his flowers.

They were meeting with WI members as part of a sweet tribute to the beloved grandmother and monarch.

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As Prince Harry continues his rare visit to the UK, all eyes will be on his and Prince William’s diaries, as the warring brothers make separate appearances today

Princes William and Harry will go head-to-head in with engagements both in the UK today – a day after the feuding brothers honoured the late Queen separately, just 15 minutes apart.

The estranged pair were just seven miles from each other as they paid their respects to the nation’s longest-reigning monarch and their late grandmother on the third anniversary of her death yesterday.

But the warring brothers are not expected to meet while Harry continues out his first visit to the UK in five months today, with their long-running rift showing no sign of abating. Later, William is set to visit a youth organisation in Lambeth, south London, while Harry will revisit the Community Recording Studio (CRS) in Nottingham’s St Ann’s area.

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Yesterday, Harry flew in from the US, and began his solo trip with a poignant pilgrimage to his grandmother’s grave in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.

The Duke, who was later at the WellChild Awards in London, laid a wreath and flowers privately at Elizabeth II’s tomb in the King George VI Memorial Chapel on Monday morning.

Meanwhile, William and the Princess of Wales were a short car ride away in Sunningdale, Berkshire, as they visited the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (WI) in tribute to the late Queen’s decades-long association with the organisation.

And royal expert and historian Dr Tessa Dunlop likened the pair to ‘repelling magnets’. She told the Mirror: “‘I can’t believe its been three years already.’ Prince William exclaimed over the time passed since the death of his grandmother, the late Elizabeth II. Time flies.

“But much more time will be needed to heal the gigantic rift between the Prince of Wales and his younger brother. On the third anniversary of the late Queen’s death the two men were less than ten miles apart; William at a Women’s Institute meeting in Sunningdale, Harry laying a wreath on his grandmother’s grave in St George’s Chapel, Windsor.

“Like repelling magnets the two brothers did their best to look meaningfully busy while studiously avoiding each other. It does not need to be this hard. Or painful.”

Harry last visited the CRS to mark World Mental Health Day in October 2019, just two months before he and Meghan announced they were stepping down as senior working royals and moving to North America.

He is planning to hold a private briefing with Children in Need, the Police and Crime Commission, the CRS and community outreach group Epic Partners in Nottingham, stage informal catch-ups with some of the young people he met before, and watch performances from CRS artists and make a short speech.

The Duke is hoping to bring together key stakeholders, influencers and potential funders to shine a light on the work of grassroots organisations such as CRS and Epic Partners and the sports apprenticeship body Coach Core.

Meanwhile, William will visit Spiral Skills, which has received funding from the prince’s homelessness initiative Homewards to move into a new hub for young people at The Oasis Village, Tulse Hill.

The youth organisation was founded in 2015 and works with local schools, youth organisations and authorities to provide early intervention, support, employability skills and access to employment and services for 14 to 25-year-olds, Kensington Palace said.

The prince will visit the organisation at its new space and see how it offers support for those who need it, before attending a workshop with Young Creators UK, a creative agency run and owned by underrepresented young people which receives referrals from Spiral Skills.

William will be joined by Homewards advocate and former England midfielder Fara Williams to hear about how the organisation has helped people to gain confidence and learn new skills.

Last night, the Duke of Sussex looked dapper as he arrived suited and booted at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel for the WellChild awards, where he delivered a speech on what marked the annual ceremony’s 20th anniversary.

After posing for a photo opportunity with the Vice Chairman of WellChild, Harry, who has been a patron of the charity for 17 years, met with some of the young recipients. In one particularly adorable moment, Harry played with a young girl named Gwen, who showed off her fancy trainers to the royal before engaging in a balloon sword fight.

While chatting to Declan Bitmead, 17 – winner of the inspirational young person 15-18 years award, Harry asked him if he had any siblings, to which the teenager replied he had a younger brother.

“Does he drive you mad?” the Duke quizzed, to which Declan responde “no, we get on fine”. Smiling, Harry then quipped: “You know what – siblings”.

After learning that the teen, from Oxted in Surrey, attended the same school as his brother, the Duke tellingly remarked, “you’re at the same school, that sometimes makes it more challenging”.

While Harry is expected to potentially have a long overdue reunion with his father, King Charles, during his rare trip to UK shores, it is extremely unlikely that the Duke of Sussex will see his estranged brother, William.

Despite an olive branch being extended between the Sussex camp and the Firm earlier this year when senior aides to both Harry and Charles met in London, William is said to have firmly declined any potential reunion with his brother after years of public jabs between the two princes.

However, when it comes to Harry and Charles, sources have said there is a determination on both sides to make a meeting happen, with Wednesday being touted as a potential date.

Harry, who previously admitted he wanted reconciliation with his family, is said to be ready to ‘drop everything’ to attend a meeting. A source said: “As Harry has stated before, he’d love to see his family and be reconciled.”

However, both Buckingham Palace and spokespeople for Harry have refused to be drawn on when or whether a meeting will take place.

Father and son last met face to face almost 20 months ago when the Duke made a transatlantic dash to see the monarch in February 2024 after hearing of his cancer diagnosis, but they spent just over 30 minutes together before the King left to recuperate in Sandringham.

And Tessa added: “There are many naysayers who see no reason for senior royalty to forgive Harry after his barrage of published criticism from across the Atlantic.

“But most who understand the increasingly thin ground upon which the royals skate, believe that the King has to reconcile with his youngest son – the optics demand it and Harry clearly wants it.

Charles has no public engagements this week, and travels from Balmoral to London for his cancer treatment, surely a communal cup of tea is not too much to ask?

“The British monarchy is the constitutional equivalent of a diplomatic panacea; nodding, visiting, reassuring, consoling across the domestic and international agenda, but what does any of it mean if the King cannot forgive his son?

And, standing in the monarch’s shadow, the future King cannot forgive his younger brother? Harold the spare, the small red-headed boy born into an unhappy marriage, in a relentlessly public-facing institution with a mother who died when he was 12.

“Recently Harry has moved his own goal posts: the Duke longer demands an apology, he admits he misses the UK and is in England for several days on a series of charity missions. The Prince clearly wants to make it better. Here’s hoping someone in the Royal Family is able to join the dots.

Not all of us feel FOMO after skipping out – social media introverts have invented a new term to express their delight at missing out and their ‘patron saint’, Cillian Murphy, is leading the charge

We’ve all heard of FOMO: the fear of missing out on a party or an event on the (very off chance) it turns into the greatest night of your life. Now it’s time to be introduced to its viral introvert-approved antidote: ROMO.

Instead of encapsulating the angst-fuelled frustration of lying in your bedroom wishing you were out instead, the acronym refers to the “relief of missing out”. It’s the feeling you get after you cancel your plans, slip into your pyjamas, switch on the TV and sigh in relief. It’s total contentment with the idea of doing nothing.

While the term has been floating about on TikTok for a little while, it’s just recently gained a boost of popularity after Cillian Murphy – aka “patron saint of the introverts” – used it in an interview with Variety Fair.

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When asked about not being part of Christopher Nolan’s new film ‘The Odyssey’, despite having previously worked with the director, the Irish actor joked that he had “ROMO” and added: “I can’t wait to see it.”

Of course, few people could be better suited as ambassadors for the phrase than the Oppenheimer star. Ironically, despite his efforts to stay out of the limelight, the Irish actor’s introversion has earned himself a niche virality on social media, as clips of his brooding demeanour and apparent disappointment with being interviewed have circulated widely online.

In a 2022 interview with The Guardian, Cillian expressed his discomfort with the attention that comes with fame, and has even earned himself the label “one of film’s most reclusive actors” by the Irish Times. It’s even been reported that the actor doesn’t have Internet in his home, as per The Mirror.

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On X, fans were quick to laugh at Cillian stumbling his way into another viral moment yet again. “Not the most offline person coining a new online term,” one user wrote. “For someone not being a part of the social media vernacular, he’s nailed this,” another joked.

Meanwhile, others have now added the word into their own lexicon. A commenter said: “Gonna start using ROMO for everything now”. Meanwhile, another declared it was their “new life motto”.

Although, while some have credited Cillian with “coining” the phrase, it appears to have been cropping up on TikTok, with some videos receiving millions of views and thousands of supportive comments. Some users have even offered alternatives, such as “JOMO” (Joy of Missing Out), the variant “GIMO” (Glad I Missed Out) and the even more emphatic “survivor’s glee”.

RuthAnne has penned hits for Britney Spears, Niall Horan and John Legend, and shares her experiences writing some of pop music’s biggest bangers.

When we hear a chart-topping song on the radio, it’s easy to forget the countless hours, tiny studio rooms, and unseen collaborations that bring it to life.

For RuthAnne, one of Ireland’s most in-demand songwriters, that behind-the-scenes world has often meant sitting alongside some of the biggest names in music.

From co-writing JoJo’s Too Little Too Late at just 17, to penning hits for Britney Spears, One Direction, Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha, Niall Horan, Diana Ross, and more, RuthAnne’s career has been a masterclass in creative versatility, persistence, and connection.

“I wrote Too Little Too Late at 17, but it took two years to come out, so I was 19,” she says. “And it taught me how massive a song can be globally. I hear that song still on the radio in so many different countries. But it definitely showed me that it takes a lot of work. It takes a lot of preparation.”

By the time she turned 16, RuthAnne had already written 600 songs in her bedroom, immersing herself in what she calls the “10,000 hours” of practice that would prepare her for the moment opportunity knocked.

She said: “I always talk about how preparation plus opportunity equals success. If I hadn’t done those hours at home, I don’t know if I would have been ready for that lucky break.”

Songwriting, for RuthAnne, was never about fame – it was about expression.

She said: “I was quite an emotional kid. Music was more my outlet. When I would sing to people, they would kind of react to me, smiling, tiny penitent things. And I was like, what is this? It was the first time I realised I could connect with people through song.”

That early insight laid the foundation for a career in which she would not only craft hits for others but eventually tell her own stories through music.

Despite her early success, RuthAnne admits she never really feels like she’s “made it” in the industry.

She explained: “I think because I’m always trying to achieve things. When I’m in the room with John Legend, and he’s like, ‘What do you think of that?’ I’m like, oh, my ears don’t mention that quite enough. Those moments are definitely key to the moments of life.” And those moments are often intimate and human.

“They are honestly just normal people. They feel the same that we all feel – good days, bad days. It’s a work scenario, you’re just working with people,” she says.

Some of her celebrity encounters remain unforgettable.

She said: “John Legend had the piano right in the middle of the studio, it was hot that day. Just me and John, that was lovely.”

Diana Ross, too, left a lasting impression: “Meeting Diana was huge. She’s such an icon, but she was so down-to-earth. It reminded me why I do this.”

And then there was Alicia Keys, who RuthAnne had admired for years. “Getting to meet her was a huge inspiration for me. It was one of the reasons I became an artist and why I wanted to learn the piano.”

Another highlight she recalled was “being with Niall, him jumping up and down the studio hearing what we’d written, or singing with him on stage”.

Of course, the creative process can be just as thrilling as the celebrity encounters. RuthAnne recalls the complex collaboration behind Britney Spears’ Work B**ch.

Ruth said: “There are times where it’s you and the artist, sometimes you’re writing to pitch to an artist, and other times, pieces of the song are written all over the world and put together. I call that the Frankenstein moment.

“I wrote to Anthony [Preston], he wrote a song called Fingers to the Sky, and it took over a piece of the song. Then I got a call saying, ‘Hey, you know that song you worked on? I’ve put it up with will.i.am and something is coming out of it.’ Finding pieces for pop and dance history is the biggest thing.”

Her versatility has enabled her to traverse genres seamlessly. Ruth said: “I have a really eclectic musical legacy… I was always obsessed with every genre and just great songs. I always try to write the best song I can. The skills I’ve learned over the years let me work in any genre, in any category, to make songs sound beautiful.”

She’s tackled EDM with Avicii, pop with One Direction, and powerhouse ballads with Westlife, yet she remains ambitious, explaining she would love to see her songs in many different genres become hits.

Some songs carry an intensely personal weight, even when performed by others.

Ruth explained: “[Like with] Too Little Too Late. So many people say, ‘I broke up with my boyfriend and that song helped me through,’ and it’s still so loved by the world. And The Vow—I constantly get videos of people covering it at weddings…”

“I wrote a song about my journey with endometriosis, which is a chronic illness a lot of women have. Seeing people online singing it, or it soundtracking their moments, made me realise how important it is to release those songs. In your vulnerability, you could be helping someone or making someone feel seen and heard.”

She’s also keen to dispel a common misconception about her craft.

Ruth said: “People think pop songs are the easiest songs to write. They are really not – they’re the hardest songs to write. It’s important to value the skill of a songwriter. There are lots of ways songs come together, and every artist works differently. Some write everything themselves, some work in a team. It’s all about collaboration and skill.”

Finally, when asked to pick between her hits, she hesitated between her first success and a newer song: “I’m really proud of Too Little Too Late because it was my first hit and it still resonates.

“And I’m proud of The Vow, because it’s connected to people’s lives in such a meaningful way. At the end of the day, music has always been my therapy. If my songs can make someone else feel seen, or bring them joy on the dancefloor, then I know I’m doing what I was meant to do.”

Far from slowing down, RuthAnne is continuing to expand her horizons. Alongside her own releases, she’s been part of TikTok’s #SummerSkills programme, teaching teens the art of songwriting. She recently hosted a TikTok LIVE songwriting session with rising pop star KiD RAiN, creating a brand-new song from scratch in front of a global audience.

“It’s been amazing. I want to help those creators be able to know how to create songs that will make the whole world sing”, she gushed.