Prince Harry opens up on solo trip without Meghan as he reunites with old friend around bonfire on South Africa visit

PRINCE Harry has demanded "people from the apical commencement listening" successful a bonfire chat portion connected a travel to South Africa.

The Duke of Sussex, 40, has taken yet different solo trip, with woman Meghan Markle noticeably absent, to thrust enactment for his foundation Sentebale.

On his archetypal nighttime successful Lesotho he was reunited with aged pal and co-founder of Sentebale, Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, astir a firepit.

The brace discussed the charity, which supports children and young radical surviving with, oregon who are astatine hazard from, HIV, and what it's been moving on.

Harry said: "We're hitting the targets, not conscionable Sentebale but each of the departments are, and it's making a monolithic difference, and it is this surge of vigor and optimism and the dependable of young radical ranging from six to 25 – and the biggest quality of which truly needs much work, is erstwhile radical from the apical commencement listening."

Prince Seeiso added: "This full travel of Sentebale started from that constituent of [Harry] having travel to the motherland – he's present my younger member Mohali, the warrior – but experiencing breathing the aforesaid air, eating the aforesaid nutrient arsenic the children… that inspired this imagination to travel to wherever we are now.

"But it is that heavy felt request that we want, collectively, to marque a quality successful our lifetime, and not lone successful our lifetimes, but to permission a bequest and walk connected the baton to the adjacent procreation truthful that's wherefore we are going retired successful each antithetic angles."

Harry spent 2 months successful the landlocked African kingdom during his spread twelvemonth backmost successful 2004.

And the acquisition made a lasting content connected the Duke - who was conscionable 19 astatine the time.

Two years later, he launched Sentebale which means "forget maine not".

In 2006, 1 successful 3 children successful the state had mislaid parents to HIV AIDS-related illness.

The foundation present works crossed Lesotho and Botswana helping those astir vulnerable.

Earlier successful the day, Harry had luncheon with Prince Seeiso's niece, Princess Senate Seeiso of Lesotho.

The brace posed for a representation earlier the princess posted it connected Instagram, writing: "Had the pleasance of hosting the Duke of Sussex contiguous for lunch."

Harry past visited Lesotho successful 2018 and his latest travel volition spot him conscionable section person and younker advocates.

The radical volition caput to Lesotho "to witnesser Sentebale's programmes astatine work."

It comes after Harry made a little sojourn to the UK to hail a radical of "little legends" honoured astatine an awards ceremony.

He paid tribute to the children and teenagers recognised astatine the WellChild Awards - who enactment arsenic carers, fundraisers oregon conscionable transportation connected with beingness arsenic they header with debilitating conditions.

Harry appeared upbeat and relaxed for the evening presentation.

And earlier the ceremonial began helium was upstaged by a boisterous seven-year-old, Noah Nicholson, who threw his toys connected the level and delighted successful Harry picking them up.

Harry told the young radical and their families: "Thank you for your courage, your perseverance, your kindness and of people your humour.

"And convey you for being you and uplifting each those astir you. The WellChild Awards is an lawsuit that ne'er fails to animate me.

"The stories of young radical who conflict against the odds, surviving lives filled with aesculapian procedures, infirmary stays and endless appointments, punctual america each of the spot of the quality spirit.

"For galore of america it is simply a regular beingness we tin hardly imagine, and yet somehow, the young radical I conscionable are ever smiling and each country they locomotion into seemingly lights up with warmth and positivity."