Prince Harry overcome with emotion as he fulfils promise to WellChild Award winners following Queen's death
October 10, 2022 - 12:00 BST Emily Nash Big hearted Prince Harry has fulfilled A promise to meet seriously ill children in the UK – making a fun and at times emotional video call to them from his home in California.The Duke of Sussex chatted to the winners of this year's WellChild Awards about family life in America with his children and dogs and appeared visibly moved when told his late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, would have been so proud of him.
Laughing at the little boy’s enthusiastic chatter, he told him: “You sound just like my son Archie really. The same little squeaky voice. I love it.”Henry asked him: “How are Archie and Lilibet doing?” “How long have you had that giraffe for? Because Archie’s got a giraffe as well and it’s lasted a very long time. And we call him Gerald.”Told it had lasted since the awards ceremony on September 8, the Duke joked to WellChild CEO Matt James: “What are you putting in the balloons?”
Sitting with his adoptive parents Paula and Mark, he smiled as Harry told him: “I'm thanking you for your resilience, your determination, your bravery, your strength, your everything. You seem like a bit of a superhero. Where's your cape?”“Only on weekends,” laughed Harry.Harry seemed emotional talking to Evelyn Rodger, a Diana Children’s Nurse with Children’s Hospices Across Scotland
The Duke told him: “Keep doing those missions, Harry. That is exactly what everyone needs. Everyone needs a purpose. Everyone needs a mission. Everyone needs meaning. You at your young age seem to already know exactly what your purpose is. So keep doing that. Keep bringing joy and happiness to people's lives.
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