Prince Harry and Meghan cheered as they make first joint appearance since returning to UK

NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan appeared together Thursday in front of cheering children in what is their joint public appearance since moving back to England, as the couple seek to rebuild their brand in Britain after walking away from royal duties six years agoThe couple arrived at the Community Recording Studio, in the city of Nottingham in central England, which uses music, performance and athletic programs to help young people build confidence and develop practical skills.The crowd cheered as the couple got out of their car, before one woman shouted, “We love you Duchess Meghan, we love you.”Harry and Meghan, who wore a long burgundy coat, stopped to take selfies, give hugs and shake hands with fans, many of them young children. They spent a few minutes talking to members of the public and the children.The visit was the first of three they will make in Nottingham, where they made their first joint appearance after announcing their engagement in 2017.The day’s events are being presented with touches of royal style, including an announcement that features Harry and Meghan’s titles as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and a prearranged media pool chronicling their movements. Archewell, the philanthropic venture that often took center stage when they were living in the U.S., is hardly mentioned.But King Charles III, Harry’s father, has made clear that the couple remain non-working members of the royal family, a status they accepted when they abandoned royal duties and moved to California.In a letter sent on behalf of the king to senior government officials shortly after Harry and Meghan returned to the U.K.

in September, the palace stressed that the couple would continue to refrain from using their royal forms of address — His Royal Highness or Her Royal Highness — and any charity work they undertake would be carried out as private citizens.The decision to send the letter and, more importantly, to release it to the media demonstrated the concern among some palace officials that Harry and Meghan’s celebrity could allow them to become a sort of parallel royal court, competing with the Prince and Princess of Wales and other working royals for press coverage and public support.The couple are back to working with familiar partnersAfter the Community Recording Studio, the couple will make go Himmah, central England’s biggest food bank an… Prince Harry and his wife Meghan appeared together in public on Thursday for the ​first time since they made a surprise return to Britain.