Prince Harry calls for ‘people at the top to start listening’:

Prince Harry has called for ‘people from the top’ to ‘start listening’ while sitting around a bonfire in South Africa on his solo trip without Meghan.

The Duke of Sussex kicked off his visit to South Africa yesterday for his charity Sentebale – just hours after leaving Britain following a whistle-top trip to the UK, also without his wife.

Last night Harry reunited with his old friend, Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, and gave a passionate speech around a bonfire about the work his charity has been doing.

Sentebale supports children and young people living with, or who are at risk from, HIV.

Harry said: ‘We’re hitting the targets, not just Sentebale but all of the departments are, and it’s making a massive difference, and it is this surge of energy and optimism and the voice of young people ranging from six to 25 – and the biggest difference of which really needs more work, is when people from the top start listening.’

Prince Seeiso added: ‘This whole journey of Sentebale started from that element of [Harry] having come to the motherland – he’s now my younger brother Mohali, the warrior – but experiencing breathing the same air, eating the same food as the children… that inspired this dream to come to where we are now.

‘But it is that deep felt need that we want, collectively, to make a difference in our lifetime, and not only in our lifetimes, but to leave a legacy and pass on the baton to the next generation so that’s why we are going out in all different angles.’

The Duke first visited the country in 2004 during his gap year, before launching Sentebale in 2006 – when one in three children in the country had lost a parent to HIV AIDS-related illness.

The charity now works across Lesotho and Botswana, helping vulnerable children and young people.

Yesterday afternoon Harry was pictured with the Princess of Lesotho as he kicked off his visit, just hours after leaving Britain following a quick trip to the UK.