Prince Harry is making his rounds on his week-long journey away from his spouse, Meghan Markle.
The Duke of Sussex, 40, attended a charity dinner in New York Metropolis on Sunday evening. The occasion, hosted by the World Well being Group, honored survivors of childhood violence.
Harry was seen greeting Belgium’s Queen Mathilde and actor Forest Whitaker on the gala.
The father of two was all smiles whereas wearing a black swimsuit jacket over a white button-up shirt.
He spoke to the gang and urged for extra assist for youths dealing with corporal punishment, bullying, on-line violence and sexual abuse, based on the Every day Mail.
Regardless of being an anti-bullying activist, Markle, 43, was absent from the occasion.
Harry is away from Markle, 43, and their youngsters Archie, 5, and Lilibet, 3, for over per week for work occasions that require him to journey from his house Montecito, Calif.
On Friday evening, he went to Kevin Costner’s charity live performance for first responders in Santa Barbara County on the actor’s beachfront property in Carpinteria, Calif.
Harry’s duties included presenting an award to Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Workplace helicopter pilot Loren Courtney.
A supply informed The Mirror that Markle wasn’t in attendance as a result of she was allegedly “sick.”
Phil Dampier, writer of “Royally Suited: Harry and Meghan In Their Personal Phrases,” informed the Every day Mail that Harry is profiting from his solo journey.
“Harry generally seems like a spare half and he typically appears sad when he’s out with Meghan at occasions in California,” mentioned Dampier.
“I believe he has reached some extent the place he needs extra for himself. He’s turned 40 and should be asking himself what the long run holds.”
Dampier added of Harry, “I believe he’s determined to search out some new that means to his life and that appears to contain branching out on his personal extra. He clearly needs to search out some causes he can get entangled in and provides his life some function.”
Dampier additionally claimed that Markle “doesn’t need to come again” to the UK, the place Harry will go to after New York.
Harry is scheduled for a number of occasions within the Large Apple together with The Diana Award.
The charity behind Princess Diana’s legacy award mentioned on X (previously Twitter) that Harry is main an occasion that “might be pushed by younger folks and their insights on the most important points dealing with their era right this moment.”
After leaving NY, Harry will journey again to the UK the place he’s the visitor of honor for the WellChild Awards in London on Sept. 30.
It’s uncertain Harry will reunite with his estranged household, together with dad King Charles III and brother Prince William, when he’s in London.
Nonetheless, the royals did ship Harry birthday needs over social media when he turned 40 on September 15.
It marked the primary time any such message was made to Harry in three years.