Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are gearing up for another trip to the UK next month. The couple's return, which will also involve travelling to Germany, will see them pay visits to charities that are "close to their hearts".
One event that the Sussexes will attend on their travels is the WellChild Awards in London on September 8. Harry will deliver a speech at the event as he has been a patron of the WellChild charity, which helps sick children, for many years. And at the same awards ceremony three years ago, Harry became emotional and broke down on stage, just months after Meghan gave birth to their first child Archie.
He told guests at the awards: "It has been over a decade since I first came to these Awards and every year they never fail to surprise and inspire me.
"Yet this year, it resonates in a different way, because now I’m a father.
“Last year when my wife and I attended we knew we were expecting our first child - no one else did at the time, but we did - and I remember…"
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He trailed off as his eyes welled up and host Gaby Roslin stepped forward to put an arm around him and rub his arm reassuringly and hold his hand briefly behind his back.
“Sorry,” he laughed, before continuing: “I remember squeezing Meghan’s hand so tight during the awards, both of us thinking what it would be like to be parents one day, and more so, what it would be like to do everything we could to protect and help our child should they be born with immediate challenges or become unwell over time.
“And now, as parents, being here and speaking to all of you pulls at my heartstrings in a way I could have never understood until I had a child of my own.”
As well as appearing at the WellChild Awards, Harry and Meghan will also be at the One Young World Summit in Manchester on September 5.
The event, which brings together young leaders from more than 190 countries, will see Meghan, a counsellor for the organisation, give the keynote address at the opening ceremony.
The Sussexes will also meet a group of summit delegates doing “outstanding work on gender equality”, One Young World said.
The pair will then head to Germany for the Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023 One Year to Go event on September 6, before returning to the UK for the WellChild Awards in London.
Their visit to the UK will be the first time they have been back in the country since the Jubilee celebrations in early June when they attended the service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral.
