Prince Harry was in Aspen last week for the annual Sentebale Polo Cup, a charity polo match. Harry flew from Montecito to Aspen to play polo, glad-hand donors and attend a dinner for Sentebale, the charity he cofounded in 2006 to provide support to people and children with AIDS in Lesotho. After Harry and Nacho Figueras’ team won – with Harry scoring two goals – Harry made a speech at the post-polo-match dinner. The dinner was held at the St. Regis Aspen Resort, and he spoke about his mother:

“My dear friend Prince Seeiso and I founded Sentebale 16 years ago in honor of our mothers with a mission to support many of the most vulnerable young people on the planet—and to give them care and help so that they can thrive,” he said. “In Sesotho, the language of the Basotho—the word Sentebale means ‘forget-me-not.'”

“Next week is the 25th anniversary of my mother’s death, and she most certainly will never be forgotten. I want it to be a day filled with memories of her incredible work and love for the way that she did it. I want it to be a day to share the spirit of my mum with my family, with my children, who I wish could have met her,” Harry said.

He added that every day, he hopes to “do her proud” and is inspired by her tireless work to support and destigmatize those experiencing HIV/AIDS.

“Fittingly, her favorite flowers were forget-me-nots,” he said. “I hope we can remember my mother’s legacy by recommitting to those that we serve, whoever and wherever they may be. For Sentebale, our commitment is to ending HIV and providing meaningful care and support for the children and young people whose lives have been affected by this disease. Because they, too, will never be forgotten.”

The duke also introduced a special music video written and produced by three young artists from Lesotho titled We Are the Future. The short film told a story “grounded in the agency of young people, who are the changemakers at the center of solutions that they know work best for their communities,” per a representative.

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While Diana never met her grandchildren, I believe she’s looking out for them, all of them. Especially Archie and Lili, as her youngest son faces the kind of life-threatening barrage of horsesh-t she similarly faced. Harry really got so many of the Spencer genes – the temper, the joy, the red hair, the charisma. I always wonder if that was another reason why Charles was fine with Harry leaving – Harry was always too much of a reminder of Diana and Charles couldn’t have that.

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