{"id":138132,"date":"2025-11-17T15:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/138132\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T15:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:06:08","slug":"prince-edward-follows-in-meghan-markle-and-prince-harrys-footsteps-with-latest-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/138132\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Edward follows in Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s footsteps with latest move"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Edward has arrived in Nigeria today for a week-long visit to convene a major international youth gathering in Lagos.<\/p>\n

The Duke of Edinburgh will bring together nearly 200 young participants from more than 50 nations for the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award programme.<\/p>\n

As chairman of the Award’s international foundation, Prince Edward will oversee both an intensive three-day youth leadership programme and the organisation’s triennial forum.<\/p>\n

The events, running from November 17 to 23, aim to expand global access to the Award scheme.<\/p>\n

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Prince Edward follows in Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s footsteps with latest move<\/p>\n

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The visit includes planned engagements in both Lagos and the capital, Abuja, where the Duke is scheduled to meet President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n

Nigeria has experienced a remarkable surge in Award participation, with a 37 per cent increase over the past 12 months, demonstrating growing enthusiasm throughout West Africa.<\/p>\n

Edward will engage with senior ministers and international development organisations in Lagos to strengthen partnerships in non-formal education.<\/p>\n

His itinerary includes significant events organised by the Lagos Governor and the British Deputy High Commissioner.<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex pictured in Lagos, Nigeria in 2024<\/p>\n

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The Abuja portion of the visit will feature the anticipated meeting with President Tinubu, alongside additional engagements in the capital.<\/p>\n

These activities form part of broader efforts to champion the Award’s expansion as it approaches its 70th anniversary next year.<\/p>\n

The Award currently engages 1.2 million young participants across more than 130 nations and territories globally.<\/p>\n

Kenya ranks second worldwide for participant numbers, whilst the United Kingdom accounts for approximately half of all those taking part.<\/p>\n

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New analysis reveals the programme’s social value has surpassed \u00a31billion for the first time, calculated through a PwC-developed methodology measuring volunteering impact, health improvements and community cohesion.<\/p>\n

Martin Houghton-Brown, the Award’s Secretary General, stated: “More and more young people across the world are taking on the challenge of the Award, and embracing learning outside the classroom.”<\/p>\n

He emphasised how the programme develops crucial “human edge” capabilities, including teamwork, creativity, determination and flexibility.<\/p>\n

Prince Edward’s comprehensive week-long programme contrasts markedly with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s three-day Nigerian visit in May 2024.<\/p>\n

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The Sussexes’ trip, spanning May 10 to 12, focused on promoting the Invictus Games Foundation and supporting wounded military personnel.<\/p>\n

Harry and Meghan were invited by Nigeria’s chief of defence staff after the nation became the first African country to join the Invictus Community of Nations in 2022.<\/p>\n

Their brief tour concentrated on mental health awareness, women’s leadership initiatives and sports empowerment programmes.<\/p>\n

Whilst both royal visits champion youth development, they represent distinctly different approaches and organisational focuses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Edward has arrived in Nigeria today for a week-long visit to convene a major international youth gathering…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46,2051,66957,2050,52388,52701],"class_list":{"0":"post-138132","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-meghan-markle","13":"tag-prince-edward","14":"tag-prince-harry","15":"tag-royal","16":"tag-sgg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}