Hello! Magazine UK – 12 August 2019

hadmetDianawhenshevisited.Julie

nowvolunteersforthehospitalcharity

andwasdressedupforHarry’svisitas

thehospital’smascot,Theothebear.

RecallingDiana’svisit,Juliesaid:

“I hada patientthatI lookedafter

andhadbeenchosentobeintheline

tomeether.Shewaslategoinground

because she stopped totalk to

everybody.Shewaswonderful.

“Bythetimeshegottomeetmy

patientTom,allhesaidinhisthick

Yorkshire accent was: ‘I’m hungry.

I want me dinner.’ She went:

‘Pardon?’ Hewent:‘I’mhungry,

I wantmedinner.’SosheandI were

laughing,andshesaid:‘I’msosorry,

haveI madehimlatefordinner?’ I’m

going:‘No,no,ofcoursenot.’Hewas

starving.Shewaslovely.

“Iwanted[Harry]toknowwhen

hecameintoday,andI couldn’ttell

himbecauseI wasincostumeas

Theo.SoI wrotehima letterlast

nighttellinghim,soheknew,and

saying I hope he enjoyed his day here

asmuchashismumhad.Hecame

acrossandsaid:‘I hearyoumetmy

mum.’ I said: ‘I did. She was

wonderful.’Hesaid:‘CanI giveyoua

hug?’Sowehada hug.I wascrying

insidethecostume.Hewaslovely.He

waslikehismum.”

HarryalsovisitedSheffieldHallam

University,toseea virtualreality

rehabilitationprojectthathelps

amputeestotrainthemselvestouse

prostheticlimbs.

And he caught up with some

familiarfaces attheInvictus

UKTrials,wherewounded,injured

andsickservicepersonnelwere

competingfora placeintheUKteam

at nextyear’sGamesinTheHague.

A PRIMATECANDIDATE

TwodaysearliertheDukehadmet

animal rights icon Dame Jane

GoodallattheRootsandShoots

globalleadership meeting atSt

George’sHouseinWindsor.

The world-famous primatologist

Harrymeetssomeof

thecompetitors– and

theirfamilies– taking

partin theInvictusUK

TrialsattheEnglish

InstituteofSportin

Sheffield.TheDuke

foundedtheInvictus

Games in 2014

Harrychatswith

a wheelchair

basketball

player.Healso

cheeredon

powerliftersfrom

thestandswith

membersoftheir

families (right)

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