Daphne Dunne, a 97-year-old war widow, had been sitting in the rain all morning, waiting to meet Prince Harry. In Sydney last June to launch the countdown to the 2018 Invictus Games, the skies had opened and rain had soaked him. But as soon as he spotted her in the crowd, he sprinted straight over and gave her a huge hug. They had met just once before, two years earlier, but Harry had remembered her nevertheless.
It’s this natural affinity he has with people that makes him so great to photograph. I should know: as the royal photographer for picture agency Getty Images, I’ve been capturing him on camera for many years now, watching his story unfold. And what a story it’s been.
I was there in Jamaica...