Nottingham is where they first stepped out together in 2017. Now they’re back for their first joint engagement since returning to the UK.
Harry and Meghan will shortly visit Himmah Hub, a Nottingham charity tackling food poverty.
They will tour the charity’s food bank and help prepare food parcels for the local community. Meghan has been involved with the charity since 2018, when women affected by the Grenfell Tower fire came together to cook for their families and neighbors.
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Harry and Meghan have left the Community Recording Studio, with Meghan carrying a bouquet of flowers.
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The Duchess of Sussex took part in a bracelet-making workshop, stopping to chat with a child as they worked.
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Harry and Meghan’s first official engagement together was in Nottingham on 1 December 2017, just days after they announced their engagement.
Nine years on, one of the faces in the crowd is the same. Irene Hardman, 90, from Roddington, held a framed photo of herself meeting the couple on that first visit. Spotting it, Meghan exclaimed: “Oh my gosh, how sweet is that! That was our very first walkabout. What a great memory!”
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After making their way into the studio, Harry and Meghan were seen chatting with participants.
The pair looked relaxed and affectionate together. For Harry, it is a return: he visited the same studio last year, in 2025.
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Harry and Meghan have entered the Community Recording Studio (CRS) to begin their visit. They will meet rapper and CRS attendee Jah Digga, take part in a bracelet-making workshop, and watch an acting workshop.
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A spokesperson for the couple has told BBC News that Harry and Meghan are 'really excited' to be back together in Nottingham, nine years after their last joint visit.
“They are back here primarily because they support and believe in the organizations they are visiting,” the spokesperson said.
They added that the couple “enjoy coming back to revisit projects they are personally invested in, to meet the same people and understand what is happening and how things are changing.”
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Harry asks the schoolchildren gathered outside what lessons they’ve skipped to see him, and what their favorite subjects are. He also asks what they’ll be doing in the school holidays.
Speaking to a small group, he says: “No social media? Good, that’s what we like.”
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Meghan arrives at the Community Recording Studio alongside Harry, holding a bouquet of flowers. She looks lovingly at her husband as they step out together.
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Prince Harry, after arriving at the Community Recording Studio (CRS) greeted well-wishers outside as the couple’s Nottingham visit got underway.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have arrived in Nottingham for their first joint engagement since returning to the UK in August, after six years living in the US.
It is the city where they made their first public appearance together after announcing their engagement in 2017. It was reported that they will visit projects at three charities that support young people and communities through music, film, and sport, and that tackle food poverty.
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