Harry’s floral tribute to Diana
THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex marked the anniversary of Princess Diana’s death by joining a gardening session with children.
Harry and Meghan helped the youngsters sow forget- me- nots – one of Diana’s favourite flowers – as they visited the project in Los Angeles.
The Duke was 12 and brother William 15 when their mother was killed in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997.
Harry and Meghan visited a preschool learning centre run by the Assistance League of Los Angeles and spent Monday morning with the children replanting their garden.
Compassion
They worked with the youngsters to restock their learning garden for the autumn, an annual activity for the centre.
The Sussexes and the children planted a mixture of flowers and vegetables, including petunias, wildflowers, tomatoes, squash and sweet peas.
A mix of herbs was already growing in the open space.
Images of the activity were posted on the official Instagram account of the Assistance League of Los Angeles, an organisation helping impoverished children through philanthropy, dedicated service and compassionate programmes.
Harry, Meghan and the youngsters were seen wearing face masks as they crouched down to dig holes in the soil for the new plants and seeds. The pre- school learning centre provides childcare to children aged three to five from low- income families.
In the past, the Duke and Duchess have volunteered at the centre, which is a few streets away from where Meghan went to high school. As they worked they listened to children’s nursery music and some of the youngsters danced and sang.
The couple also spent some time reading to the them from books, including the fairy tale Jack And The Beanstalk.
Harry and Meghan moved to the US with baby son Archie for personal and financial freedom just before the lockdown.
The couple have recently bought an £ 11million house in the celebrity hot spot of Santa Barbara, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles.