Prince Harry is set to honor the legacy of his mother, Princess Diana, when he travels to New York City next month to attend a number of events connected with his philanthropic interests.
It was announced on Tuesday that Harry will be in New York during UN General Assembly High-level Week and Climate Week, which runs from September 22 through September 29. While there, he is scheduled to engage with several charities and initiatives with which he has connections, including two with close associations with the late Princess Diana.
"He will participate in engagements with African Parks, The HALO Trust, The Diana Award, and Travalyst," a spokesperson for the prince told Newsweek.
"In addition, he will be furthering the work of The Archewell Foundation, the nonprofit organization he co-founded with his wife Meghan [Markle], The Duchess of Sussex. More details will be shared as we approach the week of events."
The Diana Award was founded in 1999 following her death in Paris two years earlier, when she was just 36, as a way to continue the princess' support of young people.
The award celebrates youth leadership and innovation, holding an annual awards ceremony each year. Both Harry and Prince William have become strong supporters of the charity, which is the only one officially named in honor of their mother, who died when they were 12 and 15 respectively.
On Wednesday, Diana Award CEO Dr. Tessy Ojo issued a statement, looking forward to Harry's upcoming engagement with the New York event which will take place during its 25th anniversary year.
"In our 25th year, The Diana Award is delighted to be leading an event with Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex in New York this September," she said. "The event will be driven by young people and their insights on the biggest issues facing their generation today."
The second organization linked to Diana that Harry will connect with in New York is the HALO Trust.
The anti-landmine charity, which deploys on-the-ground humanitarian support and landmine clearance expertise, rose to fame in 1997 when Princess Diana witnessed their work during a visit to Angola just seven months before her death.
After her divorce in 1996, Diana took up anti-landmine campaigning as one of her major humanitarian causes, traveling the world and working with the Red Cross.
During her 1997 Angola visit, the princess caused an international sensation with a set of now iconic photographs taken as she walked through a live minefield wearing a protective vest emblazoned with the HALO Trust logo.
Harry has taken on his mother's interest in the organization. In September 2019, during his last official tour as a working member of the royal family, the prince retraced his mother's footsteps, being photographed walking through a minefield in Angola with the HALO Trust.
Harry's New York trip will have further echoes of his mother than simply the events he attends and charities he meets with. The princess expressed a love for the city and visited on numerous occasions, whether to accept a humanitarian award or attend the Met Gala in the years before her death.
Harry has visited on several occasions since he moved to the U.S. with Meghan in 2020.
James Crawford-Smith is Newsweek's royal reporter, based in London. You can find him on X (formerly Twitter) at @jrcrawfordsmith and read his stories on Newsweek's The Royals Facebook page.
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