Prince Harry has drawn criticism for linking back to his wife, Meghan, during a surprise appearance at a children's online safety conference in New York. The 40-year-old Duke of Sussex went solo on Friday at the Nexus Global Summit, where he joined co-founder Rachel Gerrol for a discussion on digital safety for children.

Harry and his wife, Meghan, 43, have supported the noble cause through their Archewell Foundation, and Harry was quick to tell the audience it was so important to the couple because "my wife in 2018 was the most trolled person in the world. "So there was a lived experience in that. " But Daily Express royal reporter Pandora Forsyth said the appearance of the King's youngest didn't seem to grab the headlines like it would have in the past. She noted: "If you think back to a few years ago, if Harry was appearing in New York, it would be sort of like front page headlines.

"But he does so many of these conferences and appearances now, it sort of seeps into the background."

She added: "He is trying as best he can to link back to actually quite a noble cause, which is children who have unfortunately and very tragically committed suicide… part of the reason is because of online trolling. But this was in 2018, and if he keeps on linking it back to this, then I sort of think it takes away from the really important matter at hand." She added: And now the headline is actually Meghan. And not that."

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