Travelling to Japan for a philanthropic summit, Prince Harry received a slightly warmer welcome than on his recent visits to the UK.
Shunned by the British public for his shocking and intimate revelations in his autobiography, Prince Harry has not totally lost his popularity in other countries. On a solo trip to Japan, where he arrived on Tuesday 8 August, the youngest son of Charles III took part in the ISPS Sports Values Summit-Special Edition, a summit organised by the ISPS Handa Foundation, which promotes the power of sport around the world. “A mission, hard work, dedication and teamwork can make even the impossible possible,” he said at the time, drawing a parallel between philanthropy and sport. Histoires Royales reports that the Duke of Sussex spoke as a co-founder of Sentebale, the NGO he founded in 2006 with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho.
The Daily Mail reports that on the sidelines of this summit devoted to philanthropy and sport, Prince Harry exchanged a few words with the South African choir from Stellenbosch University, who sang at the inauguration. Archie and Lilibet’s father reportedly congratulated the choir and encouraged them to “keep spreading the love”. This kind exchange was filmed and Stellenbosch University was quick to share the video on its social networks. What’s more, this beautiful moment of complicity ended with a group hug, at Prince Harry’s request.
Prince Harry impresses with his modesty
Impressed by the spontaneity of the youngest son of Charles III and Lady Di, the choir’s conductor, André van der Merwe, thanked him in return “for spending so much time” with them and complimented him on his modesty despite his position in the order of succession to the British throne. Prince Harry responded with a joke, much to the amusement of the small group.
“I’ve been involved in a lot of charities for most of my life, and I get great satisfaction from being of service to as many people as possible. My life is charity, it always has been and it always will be”, he rightly reminded us during his speech, according to our British colleagues.
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