Prince Harry's 'special meeting' with young people honouring Princess Diana

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Prince Harry's meeting with young people who have been honoured by the Diana Award has been hailed as "special".

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Svar Nanan-Sen

By Svar Nanan-Sen


Published: 13/07/2023

- 11:47

The Duke of Sussex handed certificates to four Diana Award recipients

Prince Harry's meeting with young people who have been honoured by the Diana Award has been hailed as "special".

The Duke of Sussex met a group of youngsters in California last month at the unique conference.


The Diana Award is the only charity that carries the name of his late mother Princess Diana.

This week, event host Vee Kativhu released a short film regarding the meeting.

Prince Harry

The Duke of Sussex met a group of youngsters in California last month at the unique conference.

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Kativhu captioned the post: "This conversation was so special and featured global Changemakers and also supporters of youth dotted around the room.

She added on Instagram: "We touched on social media, social justice, inequality and how to combat burn out while advocating for the incredibly important topics that many of the youth around the table have dedicated their lives to."

During the event, Prince Harry handed certificates to four of this year’s Diana Award recipients.

Diana Award CEO Tessy Ojo paid tribute to the young people recognised by the charity.

Ojo told People: "One of the things that struck me about even those four — even though they all do different things — was that their stories were really underpinned by the need for change."

She continued: "Driving change in inequality, particularly in education. This might be wanting to create better access to various forms of education.

"So it might be education around employability or education around or better healthcare."

The Diana Award CEO added: "Really incredibly, it amazes me how young these young people are and how big the issues they're tackling are."

Prince Harry and Prince William

Prince William also recorded a video message for the occasion which was played at the event.

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The Duke of Sussex delivered a personal video message to the 2023 Diana Award recipients which was played at the June ceremony.

Prince William also recorded a video message for the occasion which was played at the event.

The brothers are currently not on speaking terms following the release of Prince Harry's autobiography Spare in January 2023.

The memoir contained a number of attacks on senior members of the Royal Family including the Prince and Princess of Wales.

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