Princess Diana's legacy is 'not Harry's to continue' say Mirror readers amid New York trip

The Duke of Sussex has carried retired a bid of engagements successful New York this week, and we asked Mirror readers if they deliberation Prince Harry has done a bully occupation astatine continuing Diana's legacy

Prince Harry has been connected a solo travel to New York this week, wherever helium attended a bid of events that were championed by his precocious parent Princess Diana - and we asked Mirror readers to stock their thoughts.

During his three-day visit, the Duke of Sussex fronted an lawsuit with the HALO Trust, a landmine clearance foundation supported by Diana during the last years of her life. In 1997, the princess memorably walked done an progressive minefield successful Angola arsenic she called for an planetary ban.

Speaking astatine a sheet successful beforehand of nonprofit professionals and funders, Harry said: "As you know, the HALO Trust enactment successful Angola mattered a large woody to my mother. Carrying connected her bequest is thing I instrumentality incredibly seriously."

He added: "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 satellite ."

He besides appeared astatine the Concordia Summit connected behalf of the Diana Award, which was established 25-years-ago to bespeak his mother's content that young radical person the "power to alteration their community, their state and the world." Joined by erstwhile grant winners Christina Williams and Chiara Riyanti, the prince discussed the intelligence wellness situation facing young people.

He told them: "I cognize that my mum would beryllium incredibly arrogant of you guys, not conscionable you, but each of the winners, and, Tessy – you’ve been successful this for a precise agelong clip truthful convey you for that arsenic well. But the mode that you bash it, your activism, your compassion, those 2 things are truthful existent to however my ma led her beingness and what she believed in. And the mode that you bash it is incredible. So convey you."

As portion of Harry’s excursion successful the Big Apple, helium has raised consciousness for conservation and sustainable question initiatives, arsenic good arsenic furthering the enactment of The Archewell Foundation. Speaking successful 2022, Harry admitted that helium felt "obligated" to unrecorded retired his mother’s bequest "as overmuch arsenic possible", adding that helium has ever made an effort to proceed her "unfinished" work.

He told podcast big 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."

Harry 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." We asked Mirror readers if they thought Harry was doing a bully occupation of continuing Diana’s legacy, and a whopping 82 per cent said 'No'.

Around 1,752 radical took portion successful our poll, and a hefty 1,444 weren’t convinced the Duke is pursuing successful her footsteps. Voicing their thoughts successful the comments section, 1 idiosyncratic penned: "If thing his ne'er ending speech of Diana is turning radical not lone off, but having a antagonistic effect connected her legacy," portion a 2nd echoed: "He is ruining Diana's bequest by continually surviving connected her name, helium needs to stop."

A 3rd shared: "It's not his bequest to continue. Diana had 2 sons. Harold is conscionable keeping his sanction successful the spotlight," portion a 4th added: "Harry should amusement america what helium tin bash alternatively than thrust disconnected his mothers coattails."

Meanwhile, 18 percent supported the Duke, with 1 idiosyncratic defended: "Isn’t it ironic that prince Harry and princess Meghan who are not funded by the payer really bash much royal enactment than each the payer funded ones enactment together," portion a 2nd agreed: "Keep up the bully enactment Harry."

"Go to Harry and Meghan's ain website and past to the Archewell Foundation part. There you volition find Harry and Meghan amusement up, bash good. In information that is wherefore connected the Official Royal family website determination is simply a nexus to Harry and Meghan's website," posted another.

Do you deliberation Harry is doing a bully occupation of continuing Diana’s legacy? Let america cognize your thoughts successful the comments conception beneath and you tin inactive ballot successful our canvass HERE to person your say.

Please enactment that the canvass is inactive live, truthful these results whitethorn alteration aft the nonfiction has been published.