Prince Harry Returning to Las Vegas to Honor Diana

Prince Harry will travel to Las Vegas to launch a youth leadership initiative paying tribute to his late mother’s legacy, according to British media reports.

The Duke of Sussex will take part in a panel discussion at ServiceNow’s Knowledge 2025 conference. Split between The Venetian and Wynn Las Vegas resorts, the event will take place on May 6. That’s the sixth birthday of Harry’s son, Prince Archie, and the second anniversary his father’s coronation.

British media outlets report that the prince will not be traveling with his wife, Meghan Markle.

Prince Harry will discuss the “Pledge to Invest” initiative being launched by the Diana Award. Established in 1999 to honor the legacy of Diana, Princess of Wales, the UK-based charity recognizes and empowers young people who make a positive impact in their communities.

The award is one of the few remaining associations that links Harry to his brother William, the future King of England. The feuding siblings are both still associated with the award, though they have remained separate in their support for the initiative.

Previous Vegas Vacations

Prince Harry’s last visit to Las Vegas was in February 2024, to present the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award to Cameron Heyward of the Pittsburgh Steelers at the NFL Honors ceremony.

Before that, he and Markle caught the finale of Katy Perry’s Resorts World residency in November 2023. The couple were branded “eco-hypocrites” for reportedly flying from Santa Barbara in a private jet owned by Texas oil heir Michael Herd. (Hours after the exiled royals flew to Vegas, Prince William flew commercial on a British Airways flight to Singapore to collect an environmental award.)

We don’t really think we need to remind you of the first time Harry traveled to Las Vegas, but it’s too fun not to recap…

On Saturday, Aug. 18, 2012, following unannounced appearances at a pool party at MGM Grand’s Wet Republic and The Wynn’s XS nightclub, the 27-year-old prince and two friends partied in their eight-room, fully comped suite at the Encore at Wynn.

Harry had been letting his hair down just before shipping off to Afghanistan for the first two tours of duty in the Army Air Corps.

Carrie Reichert — who danced under the stage name Carrie Royale — claimed Harry was already naked when she arrived in the wee hours. According to her account, he played air guitar to Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” with a pool cue. Then the two shared a kiss. “It wasn’t romantic, just fun,” Reichert told Britain’s The Mirror newspaper at the time.

The next week, a photo of Harry cupping his crown jewels while standing in front of an unidentified topless female appeared on websites around the world. London’s The Sun ran it on its cover under the headline “Heir It Is.”

According to the BBC, Harry said of the Las Vegas episode: “At the end of the day, I probably let myself down. I let my family down. I let other people down.”