Overview
- The 647-word piece, titled “The Bond, The Banter, The Bravery: What it means to be British,” was released ahead of Remembrance Day.
- Harry urges the public to remember living veterans through practical gestures such as knocking on their doors, shaking their hands, or sharing a cuppa or a pint to hear their stories.
- He frames Remembrance as a collective responsibility, not a minute’s silence, and reiterates pride in having served Britain despite now living in the United States.
- Drawing on a recent visit to Ukraine, he highlights a shared stoic spirit and warns that global peace feels increasingly fragile.
- His office says he is on a two-day visit to Toronto to meet veterans and military charities, with multiple outlets reporting the essay’s timing was chosen to avoid overlapping Prince William’s Earthshot and COP30 engagements in Brazil.