Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made their first joint appearance in front of a crowd since returning to England last month, six years after they quit royal duties and moved to California. The royal couple greeted a cheering crowd at the Community Recording Studio in Nottingham, central England, which uses music, entertainment and sports programs to help young people develop confidence and practical skills. They were greeted with warm applause and cheers from the crowd; one woman shouted, “We love you, Duchess Meghan, we love you,” the Associated Press reported. Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, depart after a visit to the Himmah Food Bank in Nottingham, England, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. AP Photo/Maja Smiejkowska The Duke and Duchess of Sussex posed for selfies, hugged and shook hands with fans and spent time talking to the public. The visit was the first of several events scheduled in the British city. Nottingham is where they made their first public appearance after announcing their engagement in 2017. After the Community Recording Studio, the couple will head to Himmah, the region’s largest food bank, and Epic Partners, which offers sports, education and mentoring programs for disadvantaged youth. Get daily national news Get daily Canadian news delivered to your inbox so you never miss the day’s top stories. The day also included an announcement introducing Harry and Meghan’s titles as Duke and Duchess of Sussex and a pre-arranged media pool reporting on their movements. The couple are non-working members of the Royal Family and their public appearances are not considered official engagements carried out on behalf of the Crown. Your Highness” or “Your Royal Highness” and that any charity work they do would be in a private capacity. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex renounced royal duties and moved to California more than six years ago, where they landed lucrative contracts with Netflix and Spotify through their media company, Archewell Productions. Several years later, Harry’s best-selling memoir, Spare, published in 2023, deepened a growing chasm between the royals after will air private details about the family. Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, greet supporters as they arrive at the Community Recording Studio (CRS), a youth and community charity that offers a wide range of creative activities, sports, mentoring and youth development programs on October 15, 2026 in Nottingham, England. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Their relationship with the Royal Family remains strained, although Harry has recently expressed interest in reconciling so he can spend more time with his father, who is being treated for an undisclosed form of cancer. More on trends More videos Harry and Meghan visited the United Kingdom in July, where they met with King Charles and Queen Camilla at Highgrove House, an estate west of London, Buckingham Palace confirmed When Charles’ cancer diagnosis was revealed in 2024, Harry expressed his desire to spend time with his father. “Life is precious. “I don’t know how much time my father has left,” he told the BBC last May. “He doesn’t want to talk to me for safety reasons, but it would be nice to reconcile.” Last week, Prince Harry revealed that he struggled with his mental health and fell into a depression after leaving England and moving to Canada in 2019. He, his wife and their eldest son, Archie, spent a short time on a private estate on Vancouver Island before moving to California. “It was me, my wife and our son Archie, and we “We moved to Canada to get away from everything and to be able to think,” Harry said, according to People and The Hollywood Reporter. “Being in Canada, away from the stressful environment where my body was presumably full of adrenaline, within two or three days, I experienced this adrenaline rush, something I had never experienced before,” he continued. Harry is also involved in a years-long battle to have his taxpayer-funded security reinstated, which was canceled when the couple stepped away from their official royal duties. Now that they have returned to England, he is taking conducted a new evaluation of their right to government protection. With files from the Associated Press and Katie Scott of Global News © 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.