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The Duke of Sussex<\/a> ended his recent family visit to the UK with an unconventional public appearance, participating in “goat yoga” and being pelted with water bombs.<\/p>\n

Prince Harry<\/a> attended the Scotty\u2019s Little Soldiers summer festival at Maxstoke Castle, Warwickshire<\/a>, on Saturday. <\/p>\n

This light-hearted engagement came less than 24 hours after he, his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, and their children, Archie<\/a>, seven, and Lilibet, five, had a private family reunion <\/a>with the King and Queen at Highgrove.<\/p>\n

During the yoga session, where attendees were encouraged to “channel the spirit” of goats, the Duke approached the animal pen with a mix of curiosity and playful caution. <\/p>\n

He was heard to exclaim, “Let me in!” before adding, “Is there health and safety? Do they bite?”<\/p>\n

Reassured that goats \u201clove love\u201d, Harry took his place on a blue mat and performed a variation of the tree pose, standing on one leg while making goat ears with his hands.<\/p>\n

\"HarryHarry visited Scotty\u2019s Little Soldiers summer festival at Maxstoke Castle,\u00a0Warwickshire, on Saturday (PA)<\/p>\n

Told to look into the eyes of a goat, he successfully stared down one animal for some time, almost touching noses.<\/p>\n

Harry also lay on his back as goats trampled over him, and someone in the crowd watching joked that his security team had failed to protect the \u201ccrown jewels\u201d when one of the animals stepped on his crotch.<\/p>\n

Harry shouted \u201cow\u201d as he covered the area with his hands and asked the goat \u201cwhat are you doing?\u201d, which prompted laughter.<\/p>\n

Harry, whose military service included two operational tours in Afghanistan, has worked with Scotty\u2019s Little Soldiers, which supports bereaved military children, since 2017 and became global ambassador in 2023.<\/p>\n

After feeding the goats, he raced three-year-old River over to an inflatable obstacle course, where he was pelted with water bombs.<\/p>\n

\"ParticipantsParticipants at the festival were urged to \u201cchannel the spirit\u201d of goats during the yoga session, but if the duke was baffled by the process he tried not to show it (PA)<\/p>\n

Harry, who gave hugs and posed for selfies, revealed during a Q&A session how he marks the key anniversaries of his late mother and how he recovers from bad days.<\/p>\n

Diana<\/a>, Princess of Wales, died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 when Harry was 12.<\/p>\n

Poppy, nine, whose father, Able Seaman Daniel Turnbull, died in July 2020 from leukaemia, asked: \u201cWhat makes you laugh when you\u2019ve had a difficult day?\u201d<\/p>\n

The duke patted his heart, saying: \u201cYou know what, sometimes it\u2019s just a difficult day. It\u2019s not always possible to laugh but my dog makes me laugh, my children make me laugh, and if I need to laugh I\u2019ll probably put something really funny on the television.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, and this goes for all of you, there are some days when you\u2019d like to laugh but it might not always be possible to laugh.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut you\u2019ve got brothers and sisters, friends, this community\u2026 but yes, I think the point is that a laugh at the end of a hard day is the best medicine served.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"HarryHarry dodged water balloons thrown by the children (PA)<\/p>\n

Sebastian, 16, whose father Rev John Hill served in the Navy and died in June 2010, asked if Harry did anything special to mark the anniversary of his mother\u2019s death or her birthday.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, we do lemon drizzle cake,\u201d Harry revealed, adding: \u201cI think traditions are really, really important, especially when they\u2019re sweet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Joshua, 21, whose father Lance Corporal Christopher Bradshaw died in November 2011 in a road crash, asked: \u201cWhen life takes its toll and things get tough, what do you do to destress and relax?\u201d<\/p>\n

The duke joked that he had to think carefully about his answer because there were children of different ages present but replied: \u201cExercise is universally good for helping with grief, stress, loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether it\u2019s going for a walk through nature, taking the dog for a walk or swimming in the cold sea \u2013 I love that \u2013 just\u00a0to get yourself out and moving.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harry said \u201cit\u2019s very easy to sit in your grief, to sit in your stress\u201d but he had learned that it was better to do something, adding: \u201cTalking. Guys, if you\u2019re feeling it, share it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"HarryHarry with some of the children helped by Scotty\u2019s Little Soldiers (PA)<\/p>\n

The duke, who now lives in California, was asked why he had stayed involved with the UK-based charity: \u201cI can relate to you guys, and the thing that I love about Scotty\u2019s is the fun and the sharing, and the community is the healing \u2013 and I hope you all feel that.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t mean you aren\u2019t going to have hard days, it doesn\u2019t mean that you aren\u2019t going to have sad days. But the whole point about Scotty\u2019s is to point out that you guys are not alone in this.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrief and loss can feel incredibly isolating and very, very lonely, but look how many of you can share in this experience. So please reach out to each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love being here, this is the highlight of my month. Actually probably the last few months.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harry started the one-year countdown to his Invictus Games for wounded, injured and sick military service personnel and veterans, in host city Birmingham on Friday,<\/p>\n

The visit was the last in a week-long series of official events in the UK where he promoted charities and organisations close to his heart.<\/p>\n

Security issues prevented Meghan and their children travelling with Harry on Monday, but it appears concerns over safety were mitigated to allow Friday\u2019s visit to Highgrove to take place.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, the duke lost his High Court claim,<\/a> made with a group of celebrities, against the Daily Mail\u2019s publishers over alleged unlawful information gathering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":687026,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-687025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/687026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}