Prince Harry arrived 45 minutes late to a charity engagement in Nottingham after getting stuck in traffic caused by a Tube strike.
The Duke of Sussex travelled from London on Tuesday morning to visit the Community Recording Studio (CRS), an organisation he has supported for more than a decade.
His aides admitted the delay was due to heavy congestion on the capital’s roads.
As a non-working royal, Harry no longer has the benefits that once came with official duties, including blue-light police escorts that would previously have sped him through traffic.
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His return to the UK after five months has fuelled speculation about whether he will see the King, whom he has not met in person since February 2024.
Charles has spent the past month at Balmoral, but is due back in London this week, raising the possibility of a meeting.
Harry landed in London on Monday, travelling directly from Heathrow to Windsor Castle, where he was granted special permission to pay his private respects at Queen Elizabeth II’s final resting place on the third anniversary of her death.
That evening, he attended the WellChild Awards, honouring seriously ill children and their families.
London has been brought to a standstill due to the tube strikes
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In Nottingham, around 150 well-wishers gathered to welcome him.
During his visit, Harry is set to announce a substantial personal donation to BBC Children in Need to fund grassroots projects helping young people affected by violence, with a significant share expected to go to CRS.
Children in Need is also contributing £300,000 to the initiative.
Harry first visited CRS, based in the St Ann’s area of the city, in 2013 and was struck by its work with vulnerable youth.
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Prince Harry pictured in Nottingham today | GETTYHe returned regularly in the years that followed, including in October 2019 on World Mental Health Day – just months before he and Meghan confirmed they would step down as senior royals.
In May this year, the Duke made a “significant donation” to another Nottingham charity, helping to provide food parcels for struggling families.
At the time, he said the city held “a special place in my heart” because of his long connection to the community.
Nottingham was also the location of Harry and Meghan’s first joint royal outing in December 2017, when they met crowds in the city centre and watched a performance by young people from CRS.