Prince Harry donated more than $2 million to a children’s charity during a UK visit that highlighted his estrangement from Prince William, as the brothers attended events near each other with no apparent plans to meet.

One of the largest individual sums publicly given by a member of the British royal family, the donation came from Harry’s personal funds while he visited a program to curb youth violence in Nottingham. There, he listened to rappers and showed off his dance moves with a group of teenagers.

The event brought the prince back to a charity he had visited several times as part of his official duties over many years, in a reminder of his place in the royal family, despite the rupture with his brother and his father, King Charles.

Harry last met his father face to face in February last year, soon after Buckingham Palace revealed the King had been diagnosed with cancer.

The donation of £1.1 million ($2.25 million) will go to the Children in Need charity, which is backed by the BBC and helps vulnerable children and teenagers.

“Nottingham has my respect, it always has, my commitment, and a permanent place in my heart,” Harry, 40, said of the city that he and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, visited on their first official engagement eight years ago.

“For nearly 15 years, I’ve been working alongside communities to tackle violence impacting young people, particularly knife crime, which remains one of the most urgent issues facing this country.

“During all that time, Nottingham has been a place where I’ve heard harrowing stories, learnt important lessons, seen resilience and felt truly inspired.

“We cannot, and must not, and will not look away.”

This was Harry’s first visit to the UK since he was rebuffed by the Home Office in his request for a full security team –a source of tension because the government ruled that he had no official duties and therefore did not warrant the additional special protection.

While the brothers both headed to events on Monday to mark the anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth II three years ago, there was no meeting despite the relatively short distance between them.

William visited a women’s charity in Berkshire that had a special connection to the late Queen, while Harry arranged a visit to Windsor Castle to lay a wreath at his grandmother’s tomb.

The rift has become an ongoing challenge for the family after Harry and his wife moved to Montecito in California after airing their grievances about the family in a television special with host Oprah Winfrey.

In a revealing remark on Monday night in London, Harry spoke to one of the winners at an awards ceremony about getting along with siblings.

Harry asked Declan Bitmead, 17, if he had siblings, and the teenager replied that he had a younger brother.

“Does he drive you mad?” the prince asked.

“No, we get on fine,” the teenager replied.

Harry responded with a light-hearted remark: “You know what – siblings.”

The next event for Harry is expected to be a visit to Imperial College London on Wednesday, where he will talk to medical professionals about their work on blast injuries. He opened a laboratory at the Royal British Legion Centre at the university in 2013.

There is no likelihood of a meeting with William, who will be on official duties far from London.

Members of the royal family will gather next week for the funeral of the Duchess of Kent, who died last week at the age of 92, giving rise to speculation that Harry might be able to attend.

The funeral will take place at Westminster Cathedral on Tuesday and is being described as the first Catholic funeral for a member of the royal family in the UK since the Reformation.

The Duchess of Kent converted to Catholicism in 1994 at the age of 61.

With Reuters

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