Prince Harry has come under fire from royal supporters for dominating newspaper front pages on Queen Camilla's 78th birthday with his landmine charity work in Angola.
The Duke of Sussex's visit to the Halo Trust, where he followed in Princess Diana's footsteps, appeared in several British newspapers on Thursday, including the Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail.
Two new images were released to mark Queen Camilla's birthday celebration, but The Times was the only publication to lead with Her Majesty's big day on its front page.
Royal watchers took to social media to express their frustration at the timing of the high-profile visit. The 40-year-old duke walked across a minefield in Angola, echoing his mother's famous 1997 trip to the same location, which became one of the most iconic images of her humanitarian work.
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One royal watcher posted: "There are 365 days in a year. You can't tell me that Harry retracing his mother's steps, AGAIN, the day before Queen Camilla's birthday, wasn't intentional. The King needs to wake up."
Another social media user wrote: "Harry's turned petty into a full-time job. Out of 365 days, he just happens to make headlines right before Camilla's birthday? Please."
A third commented: "Absolutely nothing to do with land mines and humanitarianism. Everything to do with grabbing headlines and PR to outshine Camilla's birthday."
Finally, someone said: "Harry making sure his mother's most famous story is plastered all over the papers on Camilla's birthday is not an olive branch."
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However, others argued the timing was coincidental. One supporter wrote: "Harry and The HALO Trust have been in Angola this week (Harry's a patron) and met with the President on Tuesday.
"They discussed a new three-year contract to continue the demining work. What is 'absurd' is to link any of this to Camilla's birthday today."
The visit saw Prince Harry meet Angola's President João Lourenço earlier this week to discuss renewed government support for the charity's work.
During his visit to Angola, Prince Harry spoke about the ongoing threat landmines pose to civilians.
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"Children should never have to live in fear of playing outside or walking to school," the duke said.
The Halo Trust has cleared 120,000 landmines in Angola, remnants from years of civil war. An estimated 60,000 people have been killed or injured by mines in the country since 2008, with approximately a thousand minefields still requiring clearance.
"The remnants of war still threaten lives every day," said Prince Harry, who serves as patron of the Halo Trust.
The duke visited a village near a minefield and met children receiving lessons on avoiding the explosives.