Prince Harry Concludes U.K. Trip After Emotional Meeting with King Charles: ‘Happy to Be Home’

The Duke of Sus­sex wrapped up his vis­it to the Unit­ed King­dom with an inspir­ing appear­ance at a youth men­tal health event host­ed by The Diana Award on Thurs­day, Sept. 11.

A spokesper­son for Prince Har­ry, 40, con­firmed that he had deeply val­ued his time back in Eng­land — a vis­it that com­bined char­i­ta­ble engage­ments, emo­tion­al speech­es, and a long-await­ed reunion with his father, King Charles, after near­ly 19 months apart.

“Har­ry has obvi­ous­ly loved being back in the U.K., recon­nect­ing with old friends, col­leagues, and sup­port­ing the incred­i­ble work of the caus­es that mat­ter so much to him,” the spokesper­son shared.

On the morn­ing fol­low­ing his reunion with the King, Har­ry was seen in high spir­its at The Diana Award event. He warm­ly greet­ed young char­i­ty sup­port­ers with high-fives, laughed dur­ing a pan­el con­ver­sa­tion, and deliv­ered a heart­felt speech hon­or­ing his late moth­er, Princess Diana.

“My moth­er believed in the pow­er and agency of young peo­ple to pos­i­tive­ly impact the world. The Diana Award con­tin­ues her lega­cy by putting young peo­ple at the heart of every­thing they do,” Har­ry told the crowd. “Today is a per­fect exam­ple of that. My mes­sage to every­one is: don’t stand still, don’t stay silent — make them hear you, because you speak for the major­i­ty.”

The Diana Award remains one of the few ini­tia­tives that both Prince Har­ry and his broth­er, Prince William, sup­port, despite their ongo­ing estrange­ment. The broth­ers con­tin­ue to appear — though sep­a­rate­ly — at events rec­og­niz­ing youth who are chang­ing their com­mu­ni­ties world­wide.

The event fol­lowed a sig­nif­i­cant pri­vate reunion with King Charles the day before. Har­ry was seen arriv­ing at Clarence House at 5:20 p.m. on Wednes­day, Sept. 10, stay­ing for near­ly an hour. Buck­ing­ham Palace lat­er con­firmed that the King and his son shared tea togeth­er, though no fur­ther details were pro­vid­ed. The Palace, as well as Harry’s team, empha­sized that the meet­ing was pri­vate.

Lat­er that evening, Har­ry attend­ed a Lon­don recep­tion for the Invic­tus Games. When asked by a reporter about his father, he respond­ed briefly but warm­ly: “He’s great, thank you.”

Dur­ing his packed sched­ule, the Duke of Sus­sex also trav­eled to Not­ting­ham on Tues­day, where he made a gen­er­ous $1.5 mil­lion dona­tion to the children’s char­i­ty Chil­dren in Need. Ear­li­er in the week, on Mon­day, he attend­ed the Well­Child Awards in Lon­don, where he deliv­ered anoth­er mov­ing address cel­e­brat­ing the resilience of chil­dren and fam­i­lies fac­ing severe health chal­lenges.

With his U.K. vis­it now con­clud­ed, Har­ry leaves behind renewed con­nec­tions, poignant mem­o­ries, and a reminder of the endur­ing lega­cy of Princess Diana — car­ried for­ward through both his words and his work.