{"id":22345,"date":"2025-06-28T17:24:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T17:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/22345\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T17:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T17:24:18","slug":"prince-harry-makes-surprise-appearance-in-nyc-and-pleads-compassion-in-public-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/22345\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry makes surprise appearance in NYC &#8212; and pleads &#8216;compassion&#8217; in public address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry is sharing his best advice. <\/p>\n<p>The royal, 40, attended the 2025 NEXUS Global Summit on Friday, where he and Rachel Gerrol, the co-founder and CEO\u00a0of the company, spoke to next-gen philanthropists and investors.<\/p>\n<p>In a chat called\u00a0\u201cBuilding Tomorrow: A Conversation on Service, Impact &amp; Collective Action with Prince Harry,\u201d the Duke of Sussex detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/12\/12\/news\/prince-harry-and-meghans-archewell-foundation-suffers-11-million-donations-drop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">founding the Archewell Foundation<\/a> with the Duchess of Sussex.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry attended the 2025 NEXUS Global Summit on Friday. Reza Golestani for NEXUS\/Archewell<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry told the audience that \u201cas the world gets harder, as people\u2019s lives become harder, compassion can shrink.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Harry remains driven by his life of service.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing that gives me the most hope is the grassroots approach,\u201d he expressed. \u201cMany of you here today are connected and involved with so many community solutions, because it\u2019s what energizes all of you, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/13\/entertainment\/inside-prince-harrys-unique-perspective-on-the-invictus-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that service part is really what energizes me as well<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry and Rachel Gerrol, the co-founder and CEO\u00a0of the company, spoke to next-gen philanthropists and investors. Reza Golestani for NEXUS\/Archewell<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry told the audience that \u201cas the world gets harder, as people\u2019s lives become harder, compassion can shrink.\u201d Reza Golestani for NEXUS\/Archewell<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/27\/entertainment\/prince-harrys-spare-getting-paperback-edition-with-surprising-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The \u201cSpare\u201d author<\/a> had previously said that when he and Meghan Markle, 43, stepped away from their royal duties in 2020 and moved to Montecito, California, they started the non-profit to \u201cmeet the moment by showing up, taking action, and using our unparalleled spotlight to uplift and unite communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/17\/entertainment\/prince-harry-concludes-2025-invictus-games-with-poignant-speech-from-one-soldier-to-another\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Invictus Games founder<\/a> also urged the crowd to continue giving back and to use their platform for good.<\/p>\n<p>As he put it, \u201cWhatever you put out there, you get back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing that gives me the most hope is the grassroots approach,\u201d Harry expressed. \u201cMany of you here today are connected and involved with so many community solutions, because it\u2019s what energizes all of you, and that service part is really what energizes me as well.\u201d Reza Golestani for NEXUS\/Archewell<\/p>\n<p>The Archewell Foundation\u2019s mission has always been to \u201cShow Up, Do Good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry\u2019s stop in The Big Apple comes on the heels of reports that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/26\/entertainment\/prince-harry-regrets-his-role-in-royal-rift-royal-author-says-wishes-hed-done-things-differently\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he wishes that \u201che\u2019d done things differently\u201d<\/a> amid his ongoing family rift.<\/p>\n<p>The Sussexes have only returned across the pond to the UK a handful of times, with the two being embroiled in a years-long feud with Harry\u2019s dad, King Charles, and wife, Queen Camilla, brother, Prince William, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/14\/entertainment\/princess-kate-stuns-in-sky-blue-as-she-appears-at-trooping-the-colour-with-william-charles-and-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and wife, Kate Middleton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan Markle and Prince Harry at the 2025 TIME100 Summit. Getty Images for TIME<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarry is a sensitive soul and always wore his heart on his sleeve, so whether he\u2019d admit it publicly or not, I\u2019m sure he\u2019s full of regrets and wishes he\u2019d done things differently,\u201d royal author Duncan Larcombe\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ok.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/prince-harry-regrets-over-royal-35427497\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told OK! Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Trooping the Colour and Father\u2019s Day falling on the same weekend,\u201d the writer went on, \u201cit was bound to make him look back at the happy relationships he once had with his brother and dad, and I\u2019m sure he\u2019d love to be able to rebuild those.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry and Markle <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/13\/entertainment\/meghan-markle-prince-harry-not-invited-to-king-charles-trooping-the-colour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">were not invited to Trooping the Colour\u00a0<\/a>for the third year in a row earlier this month, as the rest of the royal family celebrated The King, 76.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and their kids. Netflix<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry, Meghan Markle and their two children. Alexi Lubomirski \/ Duke and Duch<\/p>\n<p>The couple last attended the military parade in 2022 for<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/06\/01\/prince-harry-gets-cast-iron-assurances-of-protection-at-jubilee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0Queen Elizabeth\u2019s Platinum Jubilee<\/a>. But due to walking away from royal duties, Harry and Markle had to watch the ceremony from a separate balcony alongside other non-working royals.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Prince Harry\u00a0also <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/02\/entertainment\/prince-harry-loses-final-bid-for-taxpayer-funded-security\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lost his appeal for taxpayer-funded UK security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke shared that because of that, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/02\/entertainment\/prince-harry-reveals-if-hell-ever-bring-archie-and-lilibet-back-to-the-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he \u201ccouldn\u2019t see a world\u201d in which he brings his and Markle\u2019s kids<\/a> Archie, 6, and Lilibet, 4, to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry, Meghan Markle. Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>Larcombe told the outlet, \u201cBy saying he can\u2019t bring them here because of the court ruling, Harry has nailed his colors to the mast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeghan is probably quite reluctant to come to the UK anyway because they\u2019d have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to realize just how much criticism they\u2019ve had for their betrayals and truth bombs,\u201d the royal expert continued. \u201cBut more importantly, there are real and genuine threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Larcombe elaborated: \u201cWithout the official support and security, Harry and Meghan are left with two or three bodyguards who are pretty blind to what the potential threats are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry is sharing his best advice. 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