Prince Harry attended Kevin Costner’s charity concert alone after Meghan Markle was reportedly “ill.”
The Duke of Sussex honoured a Santa Barbara helicopter pilot at the One805Live! concert, which is being held at Costner’s seaside estate in California.
Several celebrities, including Jeff Bridges, Rob Lowe and Pink, were on hand to celebrate the heroism of the first responders.
Both Harry and Meghan attended the same event last year, and many were said to be expecting Meghan to attend again.
However, a source confirmed that “she is said to be ill and could not come.” Mirror report.
Prince Harry honors Santa Barbara helicopter pilot at Kevin Costner’s One805Live! event
The Duke of Sussex opted for a navy suit jacket with a light blue shirt as he took to the stage.
Harry and Meghan were pictured surrounded by first responders and Hollywood royalty at Kevin Costner’s Montecito estate at the same event last year.
Prince Harry was pictured presenting an award on stage to local helicopter pilot Loren Courtney near the start of the evening.
Kevin Costner, pictured acting, grew emotional as he recalled his visit to the polo field, now home to his One805Live!
Harry is now expected to travel to New York over the weekend to attend other events, including the Diana Awards and an event organised by the Halo Trust, which Diana attended.
Harry, dressed in a navy suit and light blue shirt, addressed the crowd at the One805 concert to present an award on stage to local helicopter pilot Loren Courtney near the start of the night after his 7 p.m. arrival.
He told a joke about how they both felt more comfortable behind the controls of a helicopter than on stage.
This comes after it was revealed that Prince Harry will return to the UK later this month to attend a high-profile charity event in London.
It has been announced that the Duke of Sussex will be a guest at the annual WellChild Awards in his role as patron of the charity.
The national charity for seriously ill children is one of the few UK-based organisations with which the prince maintained links after his acrimonious exit from royal duties and move to the US.
He chose to remain in the role, which he has held for 16 years, when his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, asked him to give up his other royal patronages as he was no longer a working member of the family.
There was no mention of his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, accompanying him.
Prince Harry presents an award to the Santa Barbara Fire Department during the One805Live Fall Concert in Carpinteria
Both Harry and Meghan attended the same event last year, and many were said to be expecting Meghan to attend again.
A source confirmed that Meghan was “ill and unable to attend,” so Harry had to attend alone.
The Duke of Sussex joked about how he and the pilot felt more comfortable behind the controls of a helicopter than on stage.
Several celebrities, including Rob Lowe, were on hand to celebrate the heroism of the rescuers.
According to some reports, she has vowed never to set foot in the UK again, and when she flew to the country earlier this year when the couple visited Nigeria, she didn’t even set foot outside the airport.
On Monday, the Daily Mail revealed that Harry could travel to the UK to attend the awards, after both Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace decided to wish him a happy 40th birthday on their social media channels.
Since the King currently resides in Scotland but returns to London periodically for his cancer treatment, this could provide an opportunity for father and son to meet privately.
However, the King has a major engagement in Scotland just two days before Harry’s, when he and Queen Camilla will visit the Scottish Parliament to mark their 25th anniversary.
This suggests that she may well remain north of the border while her son is in the country.
They last saw each other in February, when it was announced that the King had cancer and the prince flew in from the United States to see him briefly.
Earlier this week, Harry and Meghan also highlighted that voting is a “fundamental way to impact communities” and create a “more equal world” as they issued a new statement ahead of the US election.
Jeff Bridges appears on stage during Kevin Costner’s One805Live! fundraiser in character from The Big Lebowski
Pink jokes that she’s wearing the most clothes she’s ever worn on stage at Kevin Costner’s One805Live! event
The One805 concert takes place at Costner’s seaside estate in California
Meghan opted for a sophisticated and chic look, with a monochrome jacket and her hair up in a ‘clean-girl’ style at last year’s event.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who live in Montecito, California, celebrated National Voter Registration Day yesterday by inviting the Archewell team to participate in a letter-writing activity.
Archewell’s website described how the couple’s staff used the impactful “Vote Forward” letter-writing tool to encourage unregistered voters to cast ballots in November’s presidential election.
The statement said: ‘Voting is not just a right; it is a fundamental way to influence the destiny of our communities.
‘At the Archewell Foundation, we recognize that civic engagement, regardless of one’s political party, is at the heart of a more just and equitable world.
“By participating in initiatives like this, we aim to spread the message that every voice matters.”