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Harry and Meghan surprise student recipients of Youth Power Fund in Archewell video

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Harry and Meghan surprise student recipients of Youth Power Fund in new Archewell video

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have surprised young leaders in the tech world with congratulatory phone calls.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle personally called several recipients of the first-ever Responsible Technology Youth Power Fund grants, in a video released on Wednesday 2 August.

The fund claims to be “a first of its kind philanthropic initiative aimed at supporting youth and intergenerationally led organisations shaping the responsible technology movement”.

In the video, published on Harry and Meghan’s Archewell website, the pair speak to a number of young leaders and students including Trisha Prabhu, Emma Lembke, Sam Hiner and Tazin Khan.

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