Prince Harry breaks cover after bombshell BBC interview

The former working royal has made a high-profile appearance, just days after dropping a series of explosive claims to the BBC.

Prince Harry has broken cover for the first time since his bombshell interview where he hit out at the Royal Family.

The Duke of Sussex appeared in Las Vegas to launch his Pledge to Invest scheme in collaboration with the Diana Award, as wife Meghan Markle celebrated young Prince Archie’s sixth birthday without him, reports The Sun.

It comes just days after Harry let rip in a bombshell BBC interview where he blamed the royal family and dad King Charles over his loss in a long-running legal battle for his taxpayer-funded security.

Harry was in Vegas in order to launch the new youth initiative, which is designed as an “opportunity for forward-thinking businesses to make a strategic, measurable and high-impact investment in the future of youth leadership.”

Harry has emerged for the first time since last week's bombshell interview. Picture: The Diana Award/Facebook

While away, the Duke of Sussex has also met two young recipients of The Legacy Award, which was set up in the memory of his late mum Diana and honours exceptional social action and humanitarian work.

“Through The Diana Award, I’ve had the privilege of meeting young people who have turned adversity into action. That’s not just inspiring — it’s the kind of untapped potential we can’t afford to overlook,” said The Duke.

“Far too many young people are locked out of leadership pipelines because we’ve failed to build truly inclusive and accessible pathways.

“This generation isn’t waiting for permission to lead — they are already doing it.

“They bring emotional intelligence, social awareness, and an honesty about mental health that previous generations struggled to express.”

Prince Harry appeared on the panel in Las Vegas. Picture: The Diana Award/Facebook

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Speaking directly to the two award recipients, Harry added: “We’re in an era now where we are looking for more companies to be serving the greater good the majority, not the minority.”

“Every single young person has potential. It’s just about unlocking that in those individuals,” he added.

It means Meghan the kids celebrated Archie’s birthday alone at their home in Montecito, California yesterday.

The Duchess of Sussex shared a sweet picture of Archie for his birthday on Instagram to mark the occasion.

The young prince was snapped leaning on a barrier and wearing striped clothes as he gazes off into the sea, with the sun setting in the background.

A halo-like effect is also made by the sun around the young prince’s head in the rare snap.

This won’t be the first time Harry has missed Archie’s birthday, after the royal skipped the celebrations two years ago due to his attendance at the coronation of his dad, King Charles.

But overhanging his visit to Vegas was his recent outburst made in an interview last week, after he lost his appeal to keep his taxpayer-funded security in the UK.

Meghan and Harry at the 2025 TIME100 Summit last month. Picture: Craig Barritt/Getty Images for TIME

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In the scathing attack, the Duke of Sussex unleashed a host of new claims including how dad Charles is no longer speaking to him and how he’s “uncovered his worst fears”.

He claimed to want a reconciliation with the royal family, after years of feuding with the Firm, including with his own brother William, ever since Meghan and he stood down as working royals in 2020.

In the interview, he said: “There have been so many disagreements between myself and some of my family,” but he admitted he had finally “forgiven” them.

On top of this, he lashed out at his dad King Charles for “not speaking” to him.

An emotional Harry said: “He [King Charles] won’t speak to me because of this security stuff.”

He also chillingly suggested that it would be the Firm’s fault if anything happened to him or wife Meghan.

Harry admitted he missed the UK and that it was “sad” he won’t be able to show his children his homeland.

He said his three-and-a-half year legal battle always mattered more to him than anything else – including his privacy rows with the press.

Prince Harry added he had no regrets after repeatedly attacking his family – and admitted “some will never forgive me”.

In response, Buckingham Palace issued this statement: “All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion.”

The jaw-dropping interview aired on Friday. Picture: BBC.

Harry launches new youth initiative

Harry will hope that his recent furore will not detract from the launching of his new youth initiative, Pledge to Invest.

The scheme is designed as an “opportunity for forward-thinking businesses to make a strategic, measurable and high-impact investment in the future of youth leadership.”

Tessy Ojo, chief executive of The Diana Award, which was set up in tribute to Princess Diana, said: “Companies that invest in youth leadership today are cultivating the workforce, innovators and consumers of tomorrow.

“The Diana Award is proud to launch Pledge To Invest – an opportunity for forward-thinking businesses to make a strategic, measurable and high-impact investment in the future of youth leadership.

“For over 25 years, The Diana Award has invested in young people, empowering them to tackle the pressing issues of our time.”

Paul Fipps, of Service Now, said he is “proud to partner with Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, and The Diana Award to provide a platform that encourages other business leaders to invest in young people”.

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission.