Prince Harry has paid tribute to Britain’s inspiring seriously ill children as he releases a new video calling for nominations for the 2024 WellChild Awards.
In the video on Twitter, he said: ‘The Well Child Awards is our chance to celebrate the extraordinary strength and spirit of young people with complex medical conditions from across the UK.
‘It allows us to shine a spotlight on the resilience and positivity they show in one day and recognize the incredible support from the families, friends and professionals around them.
“It is such a privilege to honor the immense courage and compassion of this incredible community, but to do that we need you to take a moment and nominate the remarkable individuals who inspire you.
‘Your involvement makes a huge difference, so join us in celebrating the incredible superstars being recognized in the WellChild Awards 2024.’
Prince Harry has paid tribute to Britain’s inspiring seriously ill children as he releases a new video calling for nominations for the 2024 WellChild Awards
The Duke of Sussex has been a patron of the organization for sixteen years.
Last September he attended the WellChild Awards at the Hurlingham Club in London, having missed the previous year as it fell on the same day the Queen died.
During the event, he praised his late grandmother, saying, “As you probably know, she would have been the first to insist that I still join you instead of going to her.
“And that’s exactly why I know that, exactly one year later, she’ll be looking down on all of us tonight, happy that together we continue to shine a spotlight on such an incredible community.”
This video comes as Prince Harry today lost a High Court case against the Home Office over a decision to cut his taxpayer-funded personal security when he visits Britain.
The Duke of Sussex took legal action following the action by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec), after being told he would no longer receive the same level of government-funded protection as he did in Great Britain -Britain was.
His lawyers claimed he had been “singled out” and treated “less favourably” in the February 2020 decision by the body, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Home Office.
But at a hearing in London in December, the government insisted that 39-year-old Harry’s claim be rejected, arguing that Ravec was entitled to conclude that the duke’s protection should be “bespoke” and of had to be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Two months later, retired High Court judge Sir Peter Lane delivered his ruling on the case this morning: ‘The application for judicial review has been dismissed.’
But a spokesman for Harry said he would appeal, adding that he was “not asking for preferential treatment, but for a fair and lawful application of Ravec’s own rules.”