PRINCE Harry surprised a Polish food van with a visit but they had no idea who he was.
The Duke of Sussex made a pitstop in a Polish village on the border of Ukraine on September 11.
Prince Harry surprised a Polish food van with a visit but they had no idea who he was[/caption]
Prince Harry stops for a bite to eat at a road-side food truck[/caption]
No one asked for selfies or autographs from the prince, staff said[/caption]
He was on his way to Kyiv, invited by the Ukrainian government, and vowed he wanted to do “everything possible” to help rehabilitate veterans.
But when the prince stopped at the Food Track burger van, neither the staff or the customers knew who he was.
No one asked for selfies or autographs from the prince, staff said.
Polish newspaper Fakt spoke to the owners, who said: “He was the most famous customer we didn’t know we had.”
Employees only realised that the Duke of Sussex had visited their venue when they saw it in the newspapers.
One staff member said: “My friend was shocked. ‘What do you mean a prince? He only ordered fries?’
“If he ever comes back again, we’ll treat him to a burger or casserole.”
The Duke of Sussex, 40, and a team from the Invictus Games Foundation are working on a strategy to support those affected by the three-year war with Russia.
As reported by the Guardian, there are already 130,000 people left struggling with disabilities as a result of the Ukraine war.
The Duke said: “We cannot stop the war but what we can do is do everything we can to help the recovery process.
“We can continue to humanise the people involved in this war and what they are going through. We have to keep it in the forefront of people’s minds.
“I hope this trip will help to bring it home to people because it’s easy to become desensitised to what has been going on.”
Harry served for 10 years in the British Army before setting up the Invictus Games Foundation, a charity which runs an international sporting event for military personnel wounded in action.
It comes after Harry visited the Superhumans Trauma Centre in Lviv in April.
He met the founder and CEO, Olga Rudnieva, once again in the States a few months ago and was invited to the Ukraine capital.
Harry said he asked Ms Rudnieva how he could help and “she said ‘the biggest impact you have is coming to Kyiv’”.
The Duke said he “had to check with my wife and the British government” to have his trip cleared.
“In Lviv, you don’t see much of the war. It is so far west. This is the first time we will see the real destruction of the war,” he added.
Harry moans UK is ‘unsafe’ yet broadcasts his visit to Ukraine warzone – he’s a hypocrite, expert slams
By Ethan Singh
PRINCE Harry is a “hypocrite” for claiming that the UK is “unsafe” while publicly broadcasting his visit to Ukraine, an expert has claimed.
The Duke of Sussex, 40, was invited to Kyiv by the Ukrainian government, and vowed he wanted to do “everything possible” to help rehabilitate veterans.
Harry and a team from the Invictus Games Foundation are working on a strategy to support those affected by the three-year war with Russia.
He announced his arrival to Ukraine this morning when pictures were released of him greeting veterans and officials.
The country is very much in the midst of war against Putin’s forces which has claimed over a million lives.
However, Harry sensationally claimed in the past how he believes the UK is not safe for his three children to visit.
The Duke of Sussex even declared “my life is at stake” when he lost a three-year, multimillion-pound fight after his round-the-clock royal protection was axed in the wake of Megxit.
Now, a royal expert has questioned why Harry would happily visit a visit to war-torn Ukraine after being so vocal about security concerns in Britain.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, royal biographer and expert Hugo Vickers praised Harry’s work but questioned the issues of security.
He said: “Going into a war zone. Well, he knows what he’s doing when he’s doing those things, and he knows it’s more important to go there than to worry about his personal security.
“But I take the point, there is a hypocritical element there.
“You know, he’s not going to be in any particular danger in the UK.
“In fact, when we we saw him in, sort of, quite safe-looking vehicles, and he was swept in when he went to Clarence House, certainly, and, you know, to the other engagements.
“I mean, he doesn’t get police outriders, fine, but, I mean, why should he?”
The Invictus Games Foundation aims to provide rehabilitation support to those injured in the war, and also offer sports equipment more widely throughout Ukraine.
The Sussexes’ foundation Archewell announced it had donated 500,000 US dollars (£369,000) to projects supporting injured children from Gaza and Ukraine.
The grants from Archewell will be used to help the World Health Organisation with medical evacuations and also to fund work developing prosthetics for youngsters seriously hurt in the conflicts.
The announcement coincided with Harry’s visit to the Centre for Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College London, where he heard more about its work focusing on injuries suffered by children and those sustained in natural disasters.
Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper said: “I have chosen to visit Ukraine in my first few days as Foreign Secretary because Ukraine’s security is crucial to the UK’s security.
“I am clear that the UK’s support is unwavering and stronger than ever as we know the long-term security and stability threat that Russian aggression poses not just to Ukraine, but to the whole of Europe and to all of us here in the UK.
“Through our ongoing military support, lifesaving funding announced today, the UK-Ukraine 100 Year Partnership and our ongoing leadership of the Coalition of the Willing, we will be by Ukraine’s side to achieve a just and lasting peace, and in friendship for years to come.
“Putin’s bombardment of Ukrainian civilians, his stalling and delaying in internationally-backed peace talks, and his blatant disregard for human life must end.”
It comes after the Duke of Sussex flew home to the US after a four-day visit which included meeting his dad King Charles for the first time in 19 months.
Harry saw his father in Clarence House, London, after the King flew from Balmoral between three official audiences – before being pictured on his way back to Scotland.
The pair shared a “private tea”, which lasted 55 minutes – almost double the time Harry got last year.
William was not at the tea party as he was travelling back from an engagement in Wales.
Harry had not seen Charles since he jetted back for 30 minutes last February, after the King’s cancer announcement.
After arriving late at a glitzy Invictus Games reception hours after the reunion, Harry said of the King, “yes he’s great, thank you”.
Prince Harry at the train station on September 12 in Kyiv, Ukraine[/caption]
The Duke of Sussex visits a makeshift memorial for Ukrainian and foreign soldiers at Independence Square Maidan in Kyiv, Ukraine on September 12[/caption]
