Prince Harry resurfaces after royal bombshell

Britain’s Prince Harry made his first public appearance yesterday since he and his wife Meghan’s bombshell decision to quit as full-time royals.

The Duke of Sussex hosted the 2021 Rugby League World Cup draw at Buckingham Palace -- with all eyes on whether he will address the still-unresolved royal crisis.

Harry, 35, is patron of the Rugby Football League, the sport’s governing body in England, and his participation in the draw was planned long before last week’s shock announcement.

The couple want to step back as senior royals, split their time between Britain and Canada, become financially independent from official royal funding and pull out of the palace’s media arrangements.

They made the announcement unilaterally on a new website -- without first squaring their wishes with Queen Elizabeth II.

Harry was summoned to a hastily-arranged family meeting on Monday with his grandmother, father Prince Charles and brother Prince William to thrash out a way forward.

The final outcome is set to be determined in the coming days.

Harry will now face the tricky decision of whether to say anything about the rolling storm as he hosts the draw from 1200 GMT.