Prince Harry: The Duke of Sussex steps out in Las Vegas in first public appearance since shock BBC interview

Prince Harry has stepped out in Las Vegas to launch a new youth initiative, just days after his startling interview with the BBC.

It marks his first public appearance since revealing that he and his father, King Charles, are not on talking terms.

The Duke of Sussex visited Vegas to announce the Pledge to Invest scheme in collaboration with the Diana Award, which empowers young people to lead change all over the world.

The scheme is designed as an “opportunity for forward-thinking businesses to make a strategic, measurable and high-impact investment in the future of youth leadership.”

The Duke appeared to set aside ongoing family rifts during the visit, speaking on a panel with two young recipients of The Legacy Award, an honour established to celebrate his late mother’s extraordinary humanitarian work.

“Through The Diana Award, I’ve had the privilege of meeting young people who have turned adversity into action. That’s not just inspiring—it’s the kind of untapped potential we can’t afford to overlook,” said The Duke.

“Far too many young people are locked out of leadership pipelines because we’ve failed to build truly inclusive and accessible pathways.

“This generation isn’t waiting for permission to lead—they are already doing it,” he continued.

“They bring emotional intelligence, social awareness, and an honesty about mental health that previous generations struggled to express.”

Following the defeat of his recent legal battle in the UK to reinstate government-funded security for himself and his family, The Duke made startling confessions to the BBC about his relationship with his father, King Charles, who is receiving cancer treatment.

Although revealing that he has been kept in the dark over his father’s health status, he admitted that he would love to reconcile with his family, saying “there’s no point in continuing to fight anymore”.

While extending an olive branch, he also told the BBC it is unlikely he will return to the UK with his family due to ongoing security concerns.

“I can’t see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the UK at this point.”

Harry stepped down from royal duties in 2020 and moved to California with his US wife Meghan and their two children.

Since leaving, both he and Meghan have been highly critical of the royals in TV documentaries, an explosive interview with US chat show host Oprah Winfrey and most notably in Harry’s best-selling biography Spare.

Now the prince is barely on speaking terms with either his father or his elder brother, heir to the throne Prince William.