Watch: Duke of Sussex delivers tribute to Diana Award winners but only after William leaves ceremony

Duke of Sussex spoke via video link to recipients after the Prince of Wales, who attended in-person, had left event at the Science Museum

The Duke of Sussex thanked young people for “protecting the legacy” of his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in a message broadcast after his brother, the Prince of Wales, left the same ceremony.
Prince Harry spoke via live video link on Thursday night to 20 recipients of the Diana Legacy Award, which celebrates social action and humanitarian work among young people every other year.
“Thank you very much for inspiring so many others and at the same time protecting my mother’s legacy, I really appreciate that,” he told the group.
Prince Harry gave his speech after Prince William had left the ceremony, which he attended in-person at the Science Museum.
In his separate speech, the Prince of Wales took to the stage to AC/DC’s song Thunderstruck and said that his mother taught him that “everyone has the potential to give something back”.
He told the audience that he and his wife, the Princess of Wales, have sought to focus on his mother’s legacy through their work.
“This evening’s Legacy Award is particularly special as it marks the 25th anniversary year of The Diana Award, a charity set up to reflect my mother’s belief that young people can change the world,” he said.
“I know that she would have been honoured to see a charity in her name doing such inspirational work to uplift young people from all corners of the globe.”
The Prince said that his mother taught him that “everyone in need deserves a supporting hand in life”.
“That legacy is something that both Catherine and I have sought to focus on through our work, as have the 50,000 young people who have received a Diana Award over the past 25 years.
“I am so proud to see this belief of my mother’s manifested in the amazing young people receiving the Legacy Award tonight.”
In his livestreamed address, the Duke of Sussex also thanked Dr Tessy Ojo, the chief executive of The Diana Award, saying “well done on this fantastic group of individuals”.
Dr Ojo said: “As we mark the start of our 25th anniversary year these young people couldn’t be a more fitting tribute and legacy to Diana, the late Princess of Wales, and her belief that young people have the power to change the world.”
The latest 20 winners of the award were chosen by an independent judging panel chaired by Baroness Lawrence, the mother of Stephen Lawrence who was murdered aged 18 in a racist attack in south east London in 1993.
William and Harry jointly presented the inaugural Legacy Awards at St James’ Palace in 2017.
Three of this year’s recipients come from the UK, with the others from the USA, Nigeria, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Romania, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Australia.
They include 18-year-old Gabrielle Wong, from England, who learnt on a trip to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, that students had not seen or used a computer before, leading her to create the Discimus Foundation which has provided computer labs and technology classes to 9,000 students and 30 volunteer teachers.
Another is Joel Nkeonye Mordi, 26, from Nigeria, who founded the Mordi Ibe Foundation, the country’s only charity catering for LGBTQ+ and other vulnerable students to keep them in school, including young people experiencing period poverty.