DUKE FORMERLY KNOWN AS PRINCE NOW JUST HARRY
As the Duke of Sussex embarked on his last round of engagements before stepping down from the working Royal Family, there was only one way to introduce himself.
“He’s made it clear that we are all just to call him Harry,” delegates at his travel conference were told Wednesday, in a sign of how he sees his new status in the eyes of the world.
The duke, who had travelled to Edinburgh from his Canadian home for the event, said he wanted to be on first-name terms only, in what his host described as “very much the spirit” of how he wanted the day to run.
From April 1, he will formally retain his title of His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex but will not use the HRH as part of an agreement with the Queen, while he and the duchess pursue “financial independence”.
In the first of a series of engagements in the coming 12 days, he attended a “working summit” for his sustainable tourism project, Travalyst.
After criticism about his use of private jets, the duke flew commercially to the United Kingdom and travelled from London to Edinburgh by train. He stayed at the Sheraton Hotel, where protection officers worked with the hotel.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will undertake a series of engagements before Commonwealth Day on March 9.