Prince Harry referenced his role as a father while discussing his advocacy work in Angola during an event supporting The HALO Trust. “Much has changed in my life and the world since 2019 when I first visited [Angola],” Harry, 40, said during the event in New York City, which took place on Monday, September 23. “In those five years, I’ve become a father for the second time.
” Harry shares son Archie, 5, and daughter Lilibet, 3, with wife Meghan Markle . “While you don’t need children to have a stake in the future of our planet, I do know that my mother would have been horrified that anyone’s children or grandchildren would live in a world still infested with mines,” he continued. Harry’s involvement in The HALO Trust allows him to continue his mother, Princess Diana ’s legacy.
The late Princess of Wales traveled to Angola in 1997 and famously walked through a minefield in the country. Harry took that same walk in 2019 — noting that the view looked very different. Where Diana walked is now a “bustling vibrant town,” Harry said.
There is also “The Diana Tree,” which marked the spot where the late royal family member was photographed standing in 1997. “As you know, The HALO Trust work in Angola meant a great deal to my mother carrying on her legacy is a responsibility that I take incredibly seriously and I think we all know how much she’d want us to finish this particular job,” he told the crowd. “We’re all here because we’re a band of T.