Prince Harry’s return to the UK may have got off to a chaotic start, but it’s far from over, as one of his appearances is set to clash with his brother, Prince William on Friday. While the Duke of Sussex will be in Birmingham marking the one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games, the Prince of Wales will be playing in the Royal Charity Polo Cup at Guards Polo Club in Windsor.
The annual event is always a high point in the royal diary and is one that fans look forward to. This year will mark the 15th time the match has been held and is set to raise over £15million for charities which are close to the Prince and Princess of Wales’s hearts.
The money raised will then be split among the 10 chosen organisations linked to their work.
Kensington Palace has confirmed that the charities chosen by the couple include the Wales Air Ambulance, The Royal College of Paramedics, Shout, Ty Hafan, Forward Trust, Evelina London Children’s Hospital and Maternal Mental Health Alliance.
We Are Farming Minds, The Passage and the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity will also benefit from the huge amount of money raised.
The clash of diaries will take place three days after Prince Harry lost his High Court privacy battle against the publisher of the Daily Mail, Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL). The Duke of Sussex claimed 14 different articles were based on information obtained through unlawful information-gathering methods but the judge did not find that these allegations had been proven during the trial.
The Duke and Lady Lawrence added: “The fact that this court has chosen to dismiss them represents an inconsistency which is hard to understand or reconcile with common sense, or the evidence heard in the courtroom itself.
“It is a complete and obvious whitewash, but sadly not altogether unexpected. However, the lengths to which the court has gone to exonerate the Mail is as shocking as it is totally unwarranted.
“When the court says there is not sufficient evidence of wrongdoing, despite the documents showing otherwise, then one does wonder how justice was ever going to be achieved.”
ANL welcomed the judgement.