The Duke of Sussex today vowed to bring up his son Archie with the ‘value of community and friendship’ which he said he had learned on his ten-day tour of southern Africa, after he was reunited with his wife after six days apart.
Prince Harry, 35, spoke as he began the final day of his visit with wife Meghan, 38, as they visited a centre in the Johannesburg township of Tembisa to learn about the critical levels of youth unemployment in South Africa.
Harry gave a speech in the open air and, with Meghan beside him, talked about how his father the Prince of Wales brought him to Africa in the months following the death of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visit a Johannesburg township today to learn about critical levels of youth unemployment
Meghan arrives for the engagement in Johannesburg this morning after being reunited with Prince Harry last night
Mish, a local Masterchef winner and entrepreneur with a community catering business, made them refreshments today
Meghan gives a brief speech as she stands alongside Prince Harry in Johannesburg today during their tour of South Africa
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visit the township in Johannesburg today to learn about Youth Employment Services
The Duke and Duchess have a walking tour of the hub’s entrepreneurial and skills programmes during their visit today
Young people tell Harry and Meghan today about their experiences on the programme and the digital skills they have gained
Harry and Meghan visited the digital facility today where Yes helps people with skills and knowledge around financial literacy
Harry and Meghan are today learning about how the Youth Employment Services (Yes) group is creating work opportunities
Meghan is pictured today visiting the Yes hub, which is creating one million new work opportunities over the next three years
Harry and Meghan visited the Yes hub, part of the organisation launched by President Cyril Ramaphosa in April 2018
The royal couple are welcomed at the hub this morning as they learn about youth unemployment in South Africa
He said: ‘Ever since I came to this country as a young boy, trying to cope with something I could never possibly describe, Africa has held me in an embrace that I will never forget and feel incredibly fortunate for that.
‘Every time I come here I know that I’m not alone. I always feel wherever I am on this continent that the community around me provides a life that is enriching and is rooted in the simplest things – connection, connection with others and the natural environment.
‘And as I raise my own son, I’m going to make sure that what I’ve learnt here – the value of the natural world, the value of community and friendship – is something that I can pass on to him.’
Harry and Meghan learned about how the Youth Employment Services (Yes) group is creating one million new work opportunities in the next three years, after it was launched by President Cyril Ramaphosa in April 2018.
Prince Harry and Meghan will learn about how the work opportunities being created by Youth Employment Services
Local young people will tell Harry and Meghan about their experiences on the programme in Johannesburg today
The royal couple were welcomed at the hub this morning by a representative from the British High Commission
The Duke and Duchess are having a walking tour of the hub’s entrepreneurial and skills programmes this morning
The Yes chief executive is today telling Harry and Meghan about the work and background of the group in Johannesburg
The royal couple were introduced at the hub today to Youth Employment Services chief executive Tashmia Ismail-Saville
The visit in Johannesburg came as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex embark on the final day of their ten-day Africa tour today
The couple, pictured today, have spent the past nine days in southern Africa raising issues they are passionate about
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex walk up a set of steps as they arrive at the Youth Employment Services hub this morning
Harry and Meghan heard from local young people about their experiences on the programme in South Africa this morning
The couple, pictured today, have talked about including wildlife conservation and female empowerment during the tour
Prince Harry and Meghan visit the township in Johannesburg to learn about Youth Employment Services this morning
The Duke and Duchess are going on a walking tour of the hub’s entrepreneurial and skills programmes today
Harry and Meghan make a visit today to Yes, which aims to tackle the critical issue of youth unemployment in South Africa
Meghan brushes her hair as she arrives for the engagement and walks towards the centre this morning
The couple – who were reunited last night after six days apart on solo parts of the tour – were welcomed at the hub today by Melony Campbell from the British High Commission and Yes chief executive Tashmia Ismail-Saville.
The Duchess smiled broadly when she was greeted – and the couple were then ushered inside the Yes hub, a collection of shipping containers and buildings, where they were given a briefing about the initiative.
Ms Ismail-Saville told Harry and Meghan about the work and background of the group while Mish, a local Masterchef winner and entrepreneur with a community catering business, made them refreshments.
The Duke and Duchess also had a walking tour of the hub’s entrepreneurial and skills programmes, beginning in the digital facility where Yes helps people with skills and knowledge around financial literacy and computing.
They looked relaxed today and Meghan smiled as they were greeted by Melony Campbell from the British High Commission
The couple are visiting Yes today, which was launched last April by South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa
Meghan is today learning about how Yes is creating one million new work opportunities in the next three years in South Africa
The couple today visited the Johannesburg township to learn about the critical levels of youth unemployment in South Africa
The couple looked relaxed and Meghan smiled today as they were greeted before heading inside to be shown around
The royal couple were welcomed at the hub in Johannesburg this morning before being led inside for a tour
Meghan smiled today and the couple looked relaxed as they were greeted before heading inside to be shown around
Prince Harry and Meghan are being told today about how the critical issue of youth unemployment in South Africa
Melony Campbell from the British High Commission welcomed the royal couple to the hub in Johannesburg today
The visit to the hub today sees the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on the final day of their ten-day Africa tour
Harry and Meghan walk up steps into the hub as they learn more about how it is helping youths into work in South Africa
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are shown around the Youth Employment Services Hub in Johannesburg this morning
The couple, pictured today, are on a tour of southern Africa as they raise issues they are passionate about
They are visiting the youth employment centre this morning before the tour comes to an end later today
The project visited by Harry and Meghan today aims to tackle the critical issue of youth unemployment in South Africa
The couple looked relaxed today as they went around the centre in the Johannesburg township to learn about the project
The couple today visited the Yes hub, which is a collection of shipping containers and buildings in Johannesburg
Local young people told Harry and Meghan – who gave a brief speech at the end of their visit – about their experiences on the programme and the digital skills they have gained.
In the Aquaponics facility, a young entrepreneur told them how the facility has provided opportunities in his community, helping the surrounding area of local restaurants and shops with a supply of fresh local produce.
They also visited Blossom Care Solutions to hear from some of the 14 young women being mentored before taking on the programme, which produces up to 80,000 compostable and affordable sanitary towels per month.
The couple have spent the past nine days visiting southern Africa and raising issues they are passionate about including wildlife conservation and female empowerment.
The Duke and Duchess have been on tour in southern Africa for ten days, and are in Johannesburg together today
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are visiting a township in Johannesburg to learn about Youth Employment Services today
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are all smiles this morning at the start of the final day of their Africa tour
The couple walked around the centre in a Johannesburg township today to learn about the ambitious employment project
Meghan spoke to the audience, and her husband Harry said that Africa has ‘held me in an embrace that I will never forget’
Meghan travelled to Tembisa township in Johannesburg with her husband today, and they held hands during the visit
Meghan spoke to an audience this morning after the couple were given a briefing about the initiative in South Africa
Meghan, pictured today, has been on a tour of southern Africa with her husband and son Archie for ten days
At the end of the visit to Johannesburg this morning, Harry gave a speech in the open air with Meghan beside him
Meghan and Harry look relaxed and happy as they arrive to be shown around the centre in Johannesburg
Harry today talked about how his father the Prince of Wales brought him to Africa in the months following the death of Diana
Harry and Meghan are taken on a tour around the project in Johannesburg to learn about the initiative today
Meghan is photographed in front of a picture of a zebra as she learns about the Youth Employment Services hub today
The couple are shown around the centre in the Johannesburg township today by Yes chief executive Tashmia Ismail-Saville
The couple have spent the past nine days visiting southern Africa, and on their tenth today visited the employment centre
The visit in Johannesburg this morning came before the Sussexes later attend a creative industries and business reception
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex held hands as they walked around the centre in Johannesburg this morning
During their final day in Johannesburg the couple will also meet Graca Machel, widow of Nelson Mandela, a national figure Harry met during a 2015 visit to South Africa.
Later the Sussexes will attend a creative industries and business reception at the residence of Britain’s High Commissioner to South Africa Nigel Casey.
More than 300 guests will be gathered for the event celebrating the UK and South Africa’s business investment relationship and looking ahead to the Africa Investment Summit being hosted in the UK in 2020.
The tour will come to an end when the Duke and Duchess meet President Ramaphosa, and First Lady Dr Tshepo Motsepe in Pretoria for a private audience.