{"id":883254,"date":"2026-10-15T14:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/883254\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:32:12","slug":"harry-and-meghan-cheered-on-first-joint-appearance-since-returning-to-u-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/883254\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry and Meghan cheered on first joint appearance since returning to U.K."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"anchor-60e5c8\" class=\"body-graf\">The events Thursday began with a visit to the Community Recording Studio, a youth and community charity in Nottingham that Harry has visited before, including just last year. They were greeted by a cheering crowd, filled largely with young children.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-871b17\" class=\"body-graf\">Harry and Meghan, who wore a long burgundy coat, stopped to take selfies, give hugs and shake hands. They also spent a few minutes talking to members of the public and the children.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-18966b\" class=\"body-graf\">The couple were also due to visit the region\u2019s biggest food bank, Himmah, and Epic Partners, which offers disadvantaged young people mentoring programs, sports and education.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-1ece8e\" class=\"body-graf\">Noting that the couple will be visiting a charity Harry has a \u201clong history with,\u201d Nash said they were certain to \u201cget a warm reception\u201d given their \u201clong connection with it.\u201d <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-50d785\" class=\"body-graf\">But they have not always received such a warm welcome since their return to the U.K. with Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/260915-Archie-and-Lilibet-rs-73d44a.jpg\" alt=\"Image: A view of a young girl riding a bike and a young boy running ahead\" height=\"3121\" width=\"2500\"\/>Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet in England, in a video posted by Meghan to Instagram last month.@meghan \/ via Instagram<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-32e39f\" class=\"body-graf\">The couple remain locked in a public row with Buckingham Palace about their status and their lack of publicly funded police protection.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-6eaf10\" class=\"body-graf\">A letter sent on behalf of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/united-kingdom\/king-charles-cancer-diagnosis-camilla-secret-difficult-rcna593289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">King Charles III <\/a>to senior government and military officials confirmed Harry and Meghan remain nonworking members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/british-royals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the royal family. <\/a>A spokesperson for the couple told NBC News they were \u201csurprised\u201d by the letter, though they accepted that status when they left Britain for a quieter life in Montecito, California, an affluent coastal enclave in Santa Barbara.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-ead131\" class=\"body-graf\">Their relationship with the royal family has been strained in the years since, with the couple leveling explosive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/meghan-calls-royal-bullying-claims-attack-days-oprah-interview-n1259416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">allegations of racism and bullying <\/a>in their Netflix documentary \u201cHarry &amp; Meghan\u201d and in Harry\u2019s memoir, \u201cSpare.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The events Thursday began with a visit to the Community Recording Studio, a youth and community charity in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":883255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-883254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}