Prince Harry set for an awkward reunion with TV host Katie Couric who said he 'stunk of cigarettes' and 'oozed booze from every pore' in 2012

The Duke of Sussex could reunite with the American writer who claimed helium 'stunk of cigarettes' and 'oozed booze from each pore' successful New York today.

Prince Harry, 40, is acceptable to be a sheet speech connected planetary issues called Everything Everywhere All At Once, astatine the Clinton Global Initiative's yearly meeting.

In summation to Bill Clinton, his girl Chelsea and Matt Damon, Harry volition articulation American writer Katie Couric, who antecedently gave a scathing verdict connected Britain's royals successful her 2021 memoir.

In 'Going There', Katie described however Harry, past 27, smelt of cigarettes and alcohol erstwhile they met for an interrogation successful Brazil backmost successful 2012.

Today, they whitethorn transverse paths to sermon 'longstanding planetary improvement issues', including 'climate change, rising inequality, and earthy and manmade disasters,' according to Clinton Global Initiative.

Katie volition articulation Harry astatine the lawsuit pursuing her 2021 memoir explaining however she antecedently met him astatine a polo lucifer successful Brazil during his 'wild-oats sowing phase' - 2 months earlier his infamous travel to Las Vegas, wherever helium played 'strip billiards' bare successful his edifice room.

The American journalist, who was gathering the prince for a peculiar programme astir Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, recalled that the odor of cigarettes and intoxicant seemed to 'ooze from each pore' successful his body.

Katie besides slammed the Duke of York successful Going There, recalling the infamous 2010 meal astatine Jeffery Epstein's location with Andrew present.

Couric wrote: 'I couldn't ideate what Epstein and Andrew were up to, isolated from trying to cultivate friends successful the media.'

She described Epstein's New York townhouse arsenic 'Eyes Wide Shut with a twist - creepy chandeliers and body-part art'.

According to Katie, guests ate lasagna retired of shallow bowls and Epstein 'held court' successful beforehand of the fireplace to the likes of Chelsea Handler, Woody Allen, Soon-Yi Previn, George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Rose.

On the mode location Katie's ex-boyfriend Brooks Perlin remarked however young the women were who took their coats.

Introducing her 2012 interrogation with Harry connected ABC, Couric said the prince was 'known for his cheeky consciousness of humour and emotion of partying a bit'.

She added: 'But we got to spot the lukewarm and idiosyncratic broadside erstwhile we talked astir what his grandma means to him.'

'When we were young, it was precise casual to instrumentality our grandma for granted,' Harry told Couric. 'She was conscionable a grandma to us, and it's lone been implicit the past five, 8 to 10 years that I've travel to recognize the immense woody she is.'

He besides discussed his tendency for a family, saying: 'I've longed for kids since I was very, precise young. I'm waiting to find the close idiosyncratic and idiosyncratic who's consenting to instrumentality connected the job.'

It comes aft Prince Harry said successful an affectional code that 'carrying connected Diana's bequest is thing helium takes precise seriously' connected Monday.

The Duke of Sussex, who precocious celebrated his 40th birthday, gave the passionate code to a packed country astatine Halo Trust's anti-landmine lawsuit successful New York.  

The foundation gained planetary prominence successful 1997 aft Princess Diana walked done an progressive minefield successful Angola.

Harry was greeted by a rapturous circular of applause arsenic helium took to the signifier to present an 8 infinitesimal code successful which spoke of the charity's enactment successful Angola meaning a 'great deal' to his precocious mother. 

Looking solemn faced, helium said: 'Carrying connected her bequest is simply a work that I instrumentality incredibly seriously. 

'And I deliberation we each cognize however overmuch she would privation america to decorativeness this peculiar job. We are each present due to the fact that we are a set of existent believers, warring for a excavation escaped world.' 

Wearing a navy suit with a Halo Trust pin connected his lapel, helium recalled pursuing successful his mother's footsteps successful 2019 erstwhile helium visited Angola, 22 years aft Diana had walked done minefields successful the African country. 

Harry spoke of the galore changes that helium had gone done since his sojourn 5 years ago, including becoming a begetter for the 2nd clip with the commencement of girl Lilibet successful 2021. 

And helium said though you don't request to person children to person a 'stake successful the aboriginal of our planet', the Duke said his parent would person been 'horrified' to cognize that anyone's children oregon grandchildren unrecorded successful a satellite inactive 'infested with mines'.

In an evident motion to Diana helium issued a rallying outcry to 'finish the job' arsenic helium said: 'Tomorrow let's aftermath up and get backmost to work, let's renew our commitments and let's decorativeness the occupation for each our sakes. 

'So we excessively tin look backmost successful awe and alleviation and truthful those who started this betterment and regeneration galore years agone tin remainder knowing we truly did decorativeness the job.' 

Earlier today, Harry appeared connected stage in New York to discuss intelligence wellness and clime alteration with 2 young winners of a bequest grant fixed successful Princess Diana's memory.

The Duke said his precocious parent would beryllium 'proud' of them arsenic helium took portion successful the 14th Concordia Annual Summit successful enactment of The Diana Award connected his eight-day solo travel to the East Coast and the UK.

Harry, who cracked his knuckles and looked tense arsenic helium sat down connected stage, spoke of the value of intelligence wellness astatine an lawsuit wherever participants talked astir their clime anxiety. 

He personally interviewed Chiara Riyanti Hutapea Zhang from Indonesia and Christina Williams from Jamaica, who received The Legacy Award successful representation of Diana, Princess of Wales, joking: 'For immoderate crushed I’ve been fixed the microphone to inquire the questions’.

He told them: 'I applaud you for having the assurance to beryllium connected this stage. I cognize my parent would beryllium incredibly arrogant of you guys. Your activism is existent to however my parent lived her life'.

Harry, wearing a navy suit and necktie with a Diana Award pin connected his lapel, asked: 'Do you consciousness similar leaders and radical successful positions of powerfulness are listening to you?', adding that helium wanted the The Diana Award to assistance their campaigning to tackle clime alteration and bring power astir the world.

And erstwhile asked what gives him anticipation for the aboriginal helium said: 'I person said it earlier years agone and I'll accidental it again. The younger procreation is what gives maine hope. The courageousness you person gives maine hope. Everyone of america needs courageousness to determination the dial successful this world, astir apt much than ever. We request to perceive and enactment connected what you accidental due to the fact that it is your aboriginal that volition beryllium stolen and that is unacceptable'.

His determination to pitchy disconnected unsocial to New York to conscionable royals and celebrities earlier a solo travel to Britain shows helium is determined to 'carve out' caller opportunities and 'assert himself' aft turning 40, experts told MailOnline yesterday.

The Duke is distant from Montecito for the adjacent 8 days and went to a California payment organised by Kevin Costner connected Saturday, without his American wife.

Harry has ever made an effort to proceed his mother's 'unfinished' work, revealing successful 2022 that helium felt 'obligated' to unrecorded retired her bequest 'as overmuch arsenic possible'. 

In a podcast interview, Harry told erstwhile rugby subordinate Gareth Thomas: 'I deliberation erstwhile you get to conscionable radical and you spot the suffering astir the world, you can't turn, I surely can't turn, my backmost connected that.

'Then adhd successful the information that my mum's enactment was unfinished, I consciousness obligated to effort and proceed that arsenic overmuch arsenic possible.'

He added: 'I could ne'er capable her shoes, particularly successful this peculiar abstraction due to the fact that of what she did and what she stood for and however vocal she was astir this issue.'

Harry's attendance had sparked speculation that helium whitethorn beryllium successful the metropolis astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic his member Prince William who is thought to attending the 3rd yearly Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit astatine The Plaza Hotel connected September 24.

It's chartless if helium volition be for sure, but helium was contiguous past twelvemonth astatine the aforesaid event.

If Prince William does travel to New York erstwhile Harry is there, it's apt the brothers volition steer wide from 1 another, arsenic a root told The Sunday Times successful August that the siblings hadn't spoken successful 'two years.'

It was said that the past clip they talked was astatine their grandma Queen Elizabeth's ceremonial successful September 2022.

The insider described the 'estrangement' arsenic 'dreadfully sad,' adding that Prince William doesn't adjacent want Harry astatine his coronation erstwhile the clip comes.