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Prince Harry donates £1.1 million to help UK youth hit by knife crime

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Prince Harry donated £1.1 million to BBC Children in Need charity during a visit to Nottingham on September 9, 2025, aiming to support young people affected by knife crime and violence. The donation is one of the largest individual gifts from a royal family member ever made public. During his visit, Harry emphasized the urgent need for action against knife crime, stating that it devastates lives and shortens futures, requiring collective efforts beyond just his contribution.
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Prince Harry donated £1.1 million to BBC Children in Need charity on September 9, 2025, during a visit to Nottingham, marking one of the largest individual donations by a British royal family member. The donation aims to support young people affected by violence and knife crime, particularly in Nottingham. Harry emphasized that knife crime continues to devastate lives and cut futures short for many young individuals. The charity will use the funds to aid various projects across Britain, having raised over £1 billion since 1980. During his visit, Prince Harry reaffirmed his commitment to addressing this issue, stating he could not "look away" from the plight of those affected by knife crime in Nottingham and beyond.

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Why is Prince Harry calling for action against knife crime Harry said that violence affecting young people, particularly knife crime, continues to devastate lives, cut futures short and leave families grieving.
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🔮 Children in Need said the money would help young people in communities blighted by violence and knife crime, especially in Nottingham.
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Prince Harry has personally donated £1.1 million to the BBC Children in Need charity, one of the largest individual sums publicly given by a member of the British royal family. asserted
Harry → donate → family
The Duke of Sussex announced the gift on Tuesday, 9 September 2025, during a visit to Nottingham, his first to Britain in five months. asserted
Duke → announce → months
Children in Need said the money would help young people in communities blighted by violence and knife crime, especially in Nottingham. asserted
money → say → Nottingham
Harry, 40, said knife crime continues to devastate lives and that he had been committed to this work for over a decade, adding that he could not “look away”. uncertain
he → say → decade
How will Prince Harry’s £1.1 million donation support young people According to Reuters, Children in Need said the money would help young people in communities blighted by violence and knife crime, especially in Nottingham. uncertain
money → support → Nottingham
The charity has raised more than £1 billion since 1980 to support charities and projects across Britain. asserted
charity → raise → Britain
Harry, 40, told the audience that Nottingham has his respect, his commitment and a permanent place in his heart. asserted
Nottingham → tell → heart
He and his wife Meghan visited the city on their first official engagement eight years earlier. asserted
He → visit → engagement
Why is Prince Harry calling for action against knife crime Harry said that violence affecting young people, particularly knife crime, continues to devastate lives, cut futures short and leave families grieving. asserted
violence → call → families
He said he had been committed to this work for over a decade and that the urgency was now greater than when he began. asserted
he → say → decade
He added: "We cannot, and must not, and will not look away." asserted
We → add → ?
Harry acknowledged that his contribution alone would not be enough to make a difference. asserted
contribution → acknowledge → difference
He said the government, police, schools and businesses would all need to work together. asserted
government → say → ?
Why has Prince Harry’s UK visit attracted media attention Royal charitable organisations often donate millions and individuals often give to causes, but such gifts are not publicly disclosed. asserted
gifts → attract → causes
It said King Charles was thanked by organisers for an unspecified donation to an appeal for survivors of the 2023 earthquake in Turkey and Syria, a cause also supported by Prince William and his wife Kate. asserted
Charles → say → William
William has also recently given unspecified sums to mental health organisations, charities helping in Ukraine and after a Caribbean hurricane, and a London food bank that suffered a burglary. asserted
that → give → burglary
Harry arrived from his home in California on Monday. asserted
Harry → arrive → Monday
He laid flowers at the grave of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, on the third anniversary of her death, then attended an awards ceremony for ill children. asserted
He → lay → children
The agency added that much of the media focus had been on whether he would meet his father, King Charles, whom he had not seen for 20 months. asserted
he → add → months
Harry now lives in California with Meghan and their two children. asserted
Harry → live → Meghan
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