{"id":784196,"date":"2026-09-27T11:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/784196\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T11:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T11:14:12","slug":"moment-daredevil-prince-harry-honours-promise-made-to-102-year-old-second-world-war-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/784196\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment daredevil Prince Harry honours promise made to 102-year-old Second World War veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daredevil Prince Harry<\/a> is certainly diving back into life in Blighty \u2013 just like his kids who are thrilled with their new school, he revealed.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Canadian network CTV after completing a skydive to honour a promise made to a 102-year-old Second World War veteran, he gushed about his family\u2019s return to Britain on August 26<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s been great. It\u2019s been great to be back on British soil,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Laughing about his tandem skydive, Harry, 42, added: \u201cIt\u2019s great to be back on terra firma, actually!\u201d He said of Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five: \u201cThe kids are happy in school and it gives me a chance to really focus on Invictus <\/a>in Birmingham.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 Prince Harry gives rare update on Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet after school move<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Prince participated in the skydive ahead of the Invictus Games next year<\/p>\n

The games are in July next year. Asked what prompted the move after six years in sunny California, he replied \u201clots of reasons\u201d but did not elaborate, as the row over their private security rumbles on.<\/p>\n

One month ago today, Prince Harry<\/a> and Meghan Markle<\/a> touched down at Birmingham Airport to begin a new chapter of their lives in the UK<\/a>. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, along with their children Archie and Lilibet, had been residing in sunny California for six years, after Harry and Meghan quit their royal roles in 2020. <\/p>\n

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Prince Harry and his family have been busy settling back into the UK<\/p>\n

The Sussexes have spent the last month settling into their new lives in Harry\u2019s home country in different ways. The Duke has hit the ground running with several appearances at major events for causes<\/a> that are close to his heart, such as Invictus and the WellChild Awards. <\/p>\n

With the Sussex\u2019s return to the UK being fraught with challenges, former BBC<\/a> royal correspondent Jennie Bond believes that despite the numerous difficulties, Harry in particular seems elated to be back on British soil<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Prince Harry made the jump to honour a promise made to a 102-year-old Second World War veteran<\/p>\n

Jennie told the Mirror<\/a> : \u201cHarry\u2018s own take on his first few weeks is that they have been \u2018eventful\u2019. And they certainly have. We know that they were \u2018a little surprised\u2019 by the directive sent out from the Palace about their status as private citizens. I think for \u2018surprised\u2019, we could read \u2018angry\u2019. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the problems over the school run must have been disappointing and unsettling for the whole family. However, to be fair, Harry and Meghan seem to have been getting on with their lives relatively quietly and Harry has looked extremely happy and relaxed at his charity events.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Harry completed his skydive to raise cash for veterans<\/p>\n

Harry completed his skydive to raise cash for veterans after visiting a care home and meeting old soldier Ed Marshall \u2013 who did one to celebrate his 100th birthday. Ed\u2019s grandson, Bailey, also took part in the jump just outside Toronto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daredevil Prince Harry is certainly diving back into life in Blighty \u2013 just like his kids who are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":784197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-784196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784196","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=784196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}