Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped back into the limelight just hours before it was revealed that the Princess of Wales has cancer.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were pictured at the Kinsey African American Art and History Collection’s event at SoFi Stadium yesterday as the couple ramp up their public engagements.
Last week, Meghan launched her new lifestyle brand ‘American Riviera Orchard’, while Harry was announced to speak at the two-day Better Up Conference in San Francisco.
Questions will now be asked about whether the couple will fly back to the UK to support their sister-in-law, who this evening announced she has cancer.
In a video message, the Princess of Wales thanked the public for their support and revealed that tests after her operation found cancer had been present.
In a video message, the Princess of Wales thanked the public for their support and revealed that tests after her operation found cancer had been present
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped back from the spotlight hours before it was revealed that the Princess of Wales has cancer
TV personality Shaun Robinson posted a photo on Instagram today of Prince Harry and Meghan at the Kinsey African American Art and History Collection’s event at SoFi Stadium
This means a third member of the royal family is battling cancer, including King Charles and Sarah Ferguson.
Last month, Prince Harry flew home for what turned out to be a 45-minute reunion with his father following his diagnosis.
Yesterday, in a video from the event posted on Instagram by screenwriter Matheos Coelho, Meghan could be heard saying: ‘I thought, oh my God, the extension of that might mean you’re vocal about your success, they’ll see you and say you deserved it.
‘And hopefully you get to that place… so a big thank you to the Kinsey family of course for not just having this incredible…’ Mrs Robinson, who is a supporter of the collection, said: ‘Thank you Duke & Duchess of Sussex and @thearchewellorganization to support @kinseycollection.’
In another post showing a panel discussion, she added: “Fantastic discussion last night supported by @thearchewellorganization and the Duke & Duchess of Sussex.”
Harry and Meghan live in nearby Montecito in a £12 million mansion with their children Prince Archie, four, and two-year-old Princess Lilibet.
It comes as Harry’s father King Charles III continues to undergo treatment for cancer – with Queen Camilla yesterday insisting he was ‘doing very well’.
Screenwriter Matheos Coelho posted a photo he took with Meghan yesterday
Ms Robinson said in another Instagram post that Harry and Meghan were ‘supportive’ of the discussion
Harry’s father King Charles III at Buckingham Palace yesterday where he met Singapore’s High Commissioner to the UK, Ng Teck Hean, who was joined by his wife, Mok Ling Ling
Last week Meghan unveiled a new cooking and lifestyle business called American Riviera Orchard – focusing on home, garden, food and lifestyle items.
The launch came on the same day Harry appeared via video link at the Diana Legacy Award event at the Science Museum in London.
And earlier this week, former US President Donald Trump suggested Harry could be deported from America if he lied about his drug use on a visa application.
The republican front-runner told Nigel Farage that “appropriate action” would be taken if the Duke hid his past drug use on his immigration papers.
Also this week, Harry and Meghan were ‘downgraded’ on the official Buckingham Palace website.
Despite stepping down as senior royals in January 2020, full and separate profiles of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex remained with the rest of the royal family until yesterday morning.
Harry’s sister-in-law Kate was last seen with her family in Sandringham on Christmas Day 2023
On Monday, those photos and bios briefly disappeared. Within half an hour they were replaced with a significantly smaller, shared biography at the very bottom of the page – under the Duke of York.
The Sussexes’ post now reads that they have stepped back as working royals with just a few short paragraphs about each of them.
As for the Kinsey exhibit, it aims to ‘celebrate the achievements and contributions of black Americans from before the formation of the United States to the present.’
Bernard and Shirley Kinsey are behind the collection, having spent five decades amassing one of the world’s largest private collections of black art and artifacts.
The items include a typewritten letter from civil rights activist Malcolm X to author Alex Haley from 1963 and a handwritten bill of sale for an enslaved black man from 1832.