Prince Henry to Fly to Las Vegas to Attend Conference Honoring Princess Diana

Prince Henry will miss the birthday of his son in order to attend a Las Vegas charity event and honor his late mother, Princess Diana.

Prince Harry to Attend Diana Awards Conference at Las Vegas Panel 

The Duke of Sussex will travel to Las Vegas on May 6 to join a conversation led by Dr. Tessy Ojo, CEO of the Diana Award. The discussion, held during ServiceNow’s Knowledge 2025 conference, focused on AI and business transformation, will mark the launch of the Diana Award’s “Pledge to Invest” initiative, aimed at celebrating emerging leaders and encouraging innovative businesses to support their goals.

The Diana Award was established in honor of the late Princess Diana’s belief that young people can transform their communities, their countries, and the world. The conversation will focus on “youth leadership and how employers can proactively create pathways for young people to enter and thrive in the workplace.”

Dr. Tessy Ojo will lead the conversation featuring Prince Harry, ServiceNow’s president of global customer pperations, Paul Fipps, and two Legacy Award honorees from the Diana Award: Sikander “Sonny” Khan and Christina Williams. Dr. Ojo emphasized that companies investing in youth leadership today are shaping the workforce, innovators, and consumers of the future. She noted that the Diana Award is proud to launch the “Pledge to Invest” initiative. This is an opportunity for visionary businesses to make strategic, measurable, and high-impact contributions to the future of youth leadership. 

The Las Vegas panel will be held on May 6, but this is also the birthday of Prince Henry’s son, Prince Archie, who will turn six years old. Since Archie’s special day falls on a Tuesday and he will likely be in school, Harry and his wife, Meghan, expected to celebrate with him over the weekend instead.

Prince Hanry Has Had Some Interesting Trips to Las Vegas Before

This is not the first time the Duke of Sussex has flown to Las Vegas. Prince Harry last visited the city in February 2024, when he presented the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award to Pittsburgh Steelers’ Cameron Heyward at the NFL Honors ceremony. Before that, he had also had other trips to Las Vegas, but none of them could be as notorious as the first time he was there.

In 2012, the then-27-year-old prince appeared at a pool party at MGM Grand’s Wet Republic and The Wynn’s XS nightclub. Harry was enjoying some downtime just before deploying to Afghanistan for his first two tours of duty with the Army Air Corps. However, the next week, a photo of Henry appeared in tabloids all around the world, showing the prince covering his crotch with hands while standing in front of an unidentified topless woman. 

According to the BBC, Harry reflected on the Las Vegas incident by saying that, in the end, he likely let himself down, as well as his family and others.