Prince Harry is visiting South Africa on a solo trip just over a month before his estranged brother Prince William’s own prestigious event in the same country.
The Duke of Sussex will be travelling to Johannesburg later this week following a series of engagements in Lesotho relating to his beloved charity Sentebale.
It comes after Harry visited London on Monday by himself for the WellChild Awards, and is not thought to have met up with the Prince of Wales as their rift continues.
William’s 2024 Earthshot Prize awards ceremony will be in Cape Town on November 6, raising the prospect of the brothers visiting South Africa just five weeks apart.
Kensington Palace has not yet officially confirmed whether the Prince of Wales will be in South Africa next month, despite a tweet today teasing that he could be there.
Prince Harry smiles with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho at an event in Maseru, Lesotho, yesterday
Prince William visits 2023 Earthshot Prize finalist Enso, in Brentford, West London, yesterday
Prince Harry was last in South Africa in 2019 when he made a visit with wife Meghan Markle
The Prince and Princess of Wales @KensingtonRoyal account said: ‘There are just five weeks to go until we’re in Cape Town for the fourth annual @EarthshotPrize!’
It also featured a video of William talking about the 45 Earthshot alumni, with the tweet: ‘Can’t wait to be in South Africa this November #EarthshotCapeTown.’
However, the account stopped short of specifically saying the Prince himself would be in South Africa for the annual environmental competition.
William is the driving force behind Earthshot and has attended all the presentation events since launching the initiative.
Singapore staged the most recent awards ceremony last November, after prize-giving events were held in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2022 and London’s Alexandra Palace in 2021.
But William’s wife Kate will almost certainly not travel to South Africa as she continues to recover following the completion of her cancer treatment.
Prince Harry greets people at Sentebale’s Mamohato Children’s Centre in Lesotho yesterday
Harry poses for a photo at Sentebale’s Mamohato Children’s Centre in Lesotho yesterday
The Princess did not attend the Singapore awards ceremony due to family commitments, but joined her husband for the 2022 and 2021 ceremonies.
This year’s awards will take place across the five-day Earthshot Week 2024 which aims to highlight the best in environmental innovation.
The week will centre around the awards ceremony on November 6, which will see five winners each awarded £1million to scale their solutions.
The ceremony will be followed by Earthshot+, a day of conversations aimed at increasing the impact of the prize winners and finalists.
As for Harry, he last visited South Africa in 2019 with his wife Meghan Markle – and will head there after completing his first trip since 2018 to Lesotho, where he established his first major charitable project.
The Duke is in Lesotho for a gathering of business leaders, philanthropists and local stakeholders – aimed at driving forward the work of his youth-focused charity Sentebale, supporting the digital and economic inclusion of the next generation.
2023 — Prince William with actress Hannah Waddingham at the 2023 Earthshot Prize awards ceremony at The Theatre at Mediacorp in Singapore on November 7, 2023
2022 — Prince William with Kate at the 2022 Earthshot Prize Awards ceremony at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 2, 2022
2021 — William and Kate at the first Earthshot Prize awards ceremony at Alexandra Palace in London
Lesotho’s Prince Seeiso, who co-founded Sentebale with Harry almost 20 years ago, has been attending events with ‘Mohale’ – Harry’s affectionate Sesotho royal name which means ‘warrior’.
While Sentebale was initially founded in 2006 to help children and young people in Lesotho and Botswana affected by HIV/Aids, it now works to establish solutions to broader problems impacting youth in the region, such as health issues, wealth inequity, and climate.
The Duke regularly visited Lesotho to promote his organisation’s work but last travelled to the capital Maseru in 2018, the year he married Meghan.
Harry and Seeiso are carrying out engagements in Lesotho to showcase Sentebale’s work to new supporters alongside existing donors through American Friends of Sentebale, with the duo also meeting local leaders and youth advocates.
Later this week in Johannesburg, the group will take part in a reception with South Africa-based stakeholders and strategic partner Lebec, a women-led finance and philanthropy firm, and take part in a panel discussion about philanthropists creating change beyond writing cheques.
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