Prince Harry, Meghan Markle greeted by cheering crowds during Nottingham visit

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan appeared together Thursday in front of cheering children in what is their joint public appearance since moving back to England as the couple seek to rebuild their brand in Britain after walking away from royal duties six years agoThe couple arrived at the Community Recording Studio in the city of Nottingham in central England which uses music performance and athletic programs to help young people build confidence and develop practical skillsThe crowd cheered as the couple got out of their car before one woman shouted We love you Duchess Meghan we love youHarry and Meghan who wore a long burgundy coat stopped to take selfies give hugs and shake hands with fans many of them young children They spent a few minutes talking to members of the public and the childrenThe visit was the first of three they will make in Nottingham where they made their first joint appearance after announcing their engagement in 2017The days events are being presented with touches of royal style including an announcement that features Harry and Meghans titles as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and a prearranged media pool chronicling their movementsArchewell the philanthropic venture that often took centre stage when they were living in the US is hardly mentionedBut King Charles III Harrys father has made clear that the couple remain nonworking members of the royal family a status they accepted when they abandoned royal duties and moved to CaliforniaIn a letter sent on behalf of the king to senior government officials shortly after Harry and Meghan returned to the UK in September the palace stressed that the couple would continue to refrain from using their royal forms of address His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness and any charity work they undertake would be carried out as private citizensThe decision to send the letter and more importantly to release it to the media demonstrated the concern among some palace officials that Harry and Meghans celebrity could allow them to become a sort of parallel royal court competing with the Prince and Princess of Wales and other working royals for press coverage and public supportThe couple are back to working with familiar partnersAfter the Community Recording Studio the couple will make go Himmah central Englands biggest food bank and Epic Partners which offers sports education and mentoring programmes for disadvantaged young peopleHarry has been involved with the Community Recording Studio and Epic Partners for more than a decade and Meghan worked with Himmah on Together Our Community Cookbook published in 2018While the couple continued to support charities in the UK after they left Britain their focus was elsewhereHarry and Meghan gave up their royal duties and moved to California more than six years ago saying they wanted to earn their own living They later signed lucrative contracts with Netflix and SpotifyRelations with the rest of the royal family quickly deteriorated as the couple said palace staff had been insensitive to Meghans mental health and levelled charges of racism and media manipulation at other members of the familyHarry wants his children to get to know their grandfatherBut tensions began to ease in recent months as Harry expressed a desire for reconciliation with the king saying he wanted his children to have a chance to get to know their 77yearold grandfather Charles is undergoing treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer that was discovered in 2024The couple and their children Prince Archie 7 and Princess Lilibet 5 are reportedly living at a private nonroyal residence in the Cotswolds a rural area of rolling hills villages and farms to the west of OxfordWhile the couple have expressed their happiness about returning to the UK the move hasnt been without controversyHarry continues to lobby for publicly funded police protection which was cancelled when he and Meghan gave up royal dutiesThe prince says he and his family remain under threat simply because of his royal status Just days into the new school year the children have changed schools because of security issuesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever