A solo Prince Harry attended Kevin Costner‘s charity concert event after Meghan Markle was reportedly ‘sick’.

The Duke of Sussex honoured a Santa Barbara helicopter pilot at the One805Live! concert, which is held at Costner’s oceanside estate in California.

Several A-listers, such as Jeff Bridges, Rob Lowe and Pink, were in attendance to celebrate the heroism of first responders.

Both Harry and Meghan

attended the same event last year, and many were said to be hoping Meghan would attend again. 

However, a source confirmed ‘the word is that she is sick and could not make it’, the Mirror report.


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Prince Harry honors a Santa Barbara helicopter pilot at Kevin Costner’s One805Live! event


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The Duke of Sussex opted for a navy blue suit jacket with a light blue shirt as he stepped on stage


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Harry and Meghan pictured surrounded by first responders and Hollywood royalty at Kevin Costner’s estate in Montecito at the same event last year


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Prince Harry pictured presenting an award onstage to local helicopter pilot Loren Courtney near the start of the evening


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Kevin Costner, pictured performing, became emotional as he reminisced about visiting the polo field, now the site of his One805Live!

Harry is now expected to travel to New York over the weekend to attend other events, including the Diana Awards and an event held by the Halo Trust, which Diana was involved in.

Harry, dressed in a navy blue suit and light blue shirt, addressed the crowd at the One805 concert to present an award onstage to local helicopter pilot Loren Courtney near the start of the evening after he arrived at 7pm.

He told a joke about how they both felt more comfortable behind the controls of a helicopter than onstage.

This comes after it was revealed that Prince Harry will return to the UK later this month to attend a high-profile charity event in London.

It has been announced that the Duke of Sussex will be a guest at the annual WellChild Awards in his role as the charity’s patron.

The national charity for seriously ill children is one of the few UK-based organisations that the prince kept links with after his acrimonious departure from royal duties and move to the US.

He chose to remain in the position, which he has held for 16 years, when his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, asked him to step down from his other royal patronages as a now non-working member of the family.

There was no mention of his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, accompanying him.


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Prince Harry presents an award to the Santa Barbara Fire Department during the One805Live Fall Concert in Carpinteria


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Both Harry and Meghan attended the same event last year , and many were said to be hoping Meghan would attend again


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A source confirmed Meghan was ‘sick and could not make it’ which saw Harry attend on his own


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The Duke of Sussex joked about how he and the pilot felt more comfortable behind the controls of a helicopter than onstage


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Several A-listers, such as Rob Lowe were in attendance to celebrate the heroism of first responders

According to some reports she has vowed never to set foot in the UK again, and when she flew into the UK earlier this year when the couple visited Nigeria she didn’t even set foot outside the airport.

On Monday the Daily Mail revealed that Harry may travel to the UK to attend the awards, after both Buckingham and Kensington Palace’s chose to wish him happy 40th birthday on their social media channels.

With the King currently based in Scotland but returning to London regularly for his ongoing cancer treatment, it could give an opportunity for father and son to actually meet in private.

However the King has a major engagement in Scotland just two days before Harry’s when he and Queen Camilla visit the Scottish Parliament to mark its 25th anniversary.

This suggests he could well remain north of the border while his son is in the country.

The last time they saw each other was in February when it was announced that the King had cancer and the prince flew from the US to see him briefly.

Earlier this week, Harry and Meghan also stressed how voting is a ‘fundamental way to influence communities’ and make a ‘more equitable world’ as they issued a new statement ahead of the US election.


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Jeff Bridges appears onstage at Kevin Costner’s One805Live! fundraiser channelling his Big Lebowski character


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Pink jokes she is wearing the most clothes she has ever worn onstage at Kevin Costner’s One805Live! event


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The One805 concert is held at Costner’s oceanside estate in California


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Meghan opted for a sophisticated, chic look, in a monochrome jacket with her hair pulled back ‘clean-girl’ style at the event last year

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who live in Montecito, California, marked National Voter Registration Day yesterday by getting the Archewell team to take part in a letter-writing activity.

The Archewell website outlined how the couple’s staff used ‘Vote Forward’s impactful letter-writing tool’ to encourage unregistered voters to vote in the presidential election in November. 

The statement read: ‘Voting is not just a right; it’s a fundamental way to influence the fate of our communities.

‘At The Archewell Foundation, we recognize that civic engagement, no matter one’s political party, is at the heart of a more just and equitable world.

‘By participating in initiatives like this, we aim to amplify the message that every voice matters.’