Prince Harry turned up solo for the Living Legends of Aviation Awards on Friday evening. Someone said something about Meghan possibly staying home with the kids because one of them was sick? Could be, or maybe that was just a guess. It’s perfectly possible that Harry simply wanted to go solo at this event too. While it was black tie and well-attended, it seemed like most people just treated it like a fun night out. Lauren Sanchez – the next Mrs. Jeff Bezos – also received an award for her work as a pilot, and she was the one who posted the best photo of Harry on her Instagram. There was a red carpet, but Harry didn’t walk on it, nor did he pose for photos outside the venue. Inside, Harry joked with the host John Travolta, who is still talking about the night he danced with Harry’s mum.
Prince Harry is poking fun at John Travolta. While giving a speech at the 21st Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards in Beverly Hills on Friday night, the Duke of Sussex, 39, made light of some of Travolta’s opening remarks at the event.
According to Hello! Magazine, the Saturday Night Fever actor, 69, who hosted the event as the “Official Ambassador of Aviation,” referenced the famous moment when he danced with Prince Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, at the White House in 1985 during his speech. And, in a clip from the event posted on social media by a fan account, Prince Harry joked that Travolta was “dining out” on the story.
The video began with Prince Harry — whose wife Meghan Markle did not attend the event — stepping onto the stage and having the honor placed around his neck by Travolta, amid cheers from the crowd.
“This is nice,” the Duke of Sussex began, as the audience laughed. “Thank you, Captain John,” he said, looking to his left towards where the actor was seemingly standing out of shot.
“Don’t go running away,” Prince Harry then teased him, before adding, “I was one year old when you danced with my mom.”
The Duke of Sussex then added some playful remarks, jokingly noting to the crowd that Travolta had told “everybody here” and would continue “dining out on that.”
“But look at us now, it’s great! So if we’re not going to dance together, we’ll fly together,” he said to the actor. Harry then addressed the crowd and offered “a heartfelt thank you to the Living Legends of Aviation.”
The Living Legends of Aviation Awards are organized by the Kiddie Hawk Air Academy, which is a nonprofit that works to spark children’s interest in aviation through education, and honor “those who have made significant contributions to aviation/aerospace.”
It’s nice. These kinds of unserious “awards” exist everywhere, in every field, and Harry took it as it was meant – as something nice but not the most important thing he’s ever received. He mingled with guests, he networked, he probably helped raise some money and a nice night was had by all. All of which makes it even funnier that Salt Island was screaming, crying and throwing up about this award for the past two weeks. They were so freaked out, seething with jealousy and incandescent with rage… over this nice little award which does not mean that much.
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— My Opinion – Sussex Warrior 🐊 (@my_opnion) January 20, 2024
Photos courtesy of Lauren Sanchez’s Instagram, Prince Mario Max’s IG.
This is the first time I’m reading that this was also for charity!!! That makes all the crying and throwing up by the usual suspects over on Salty Isle even more sad and pathetic.
I’m happy Harry had such a fun time and that everyone was so pleased to see him. I love the clear excitement from John Travolta in honoring Harry, and the banter between them.
A snarky aside: it never fails to crack me up that everyone in movies always seems so tall but then you see them in real life (Tom Cruise!) and they are so short. I never would have guessed Travolta would be shorter than Harry! So funny.
Okay, another thing that’s cracking me up right now are all of HH Dr. Prince Mario-Max’s hashtags 🤣
Those hashtags are SENDING ME! He’s just throwing spaghetti at the wall, and I’m kind of loving it.
That is a legendary petty move and I am here for it.
Prince Mario Max did an interview with a few British trashbloid and they were trying to get dirty on Harry and Meghan he shut them down. It was a great interview. He was asked about the private conversation between him and Harry. He said to the interviewer it was private and keep praising Harry. Loved it.
Prince Mario Max was engage to a biracial women name Angela Ermakova (Half Russian, half Nigerian) who have a daughter with Former tennis player Boris Becker. He knows how they trashbloids are when you are with a person of color.
That is weird. Travolta has been reported to be 6 ft 2 and PH reported to be 6 ft 1. Perhaps loss of height with age for Travolta, but he seems quite a bit shorter than PH in the picture.
Travolta was never that tall. Also you would never know he’s pushing 70 unless you look at his hands. Hollywood🤷.
I’ve seen Travolta looking more wrinkly. So did he hire a photographer who would photoshop him and the guy forgot to do anything with his hands or recent procedure? I’ve noticed that Bezos tends to hide his hands in a lot of pictures.
I never thought Travolta was 6’2”. Supposedly he discussed this in his Larry King interview some years back and said he was six feet, or a little over, at the time he danced with Diana (as per my favorite site for these questions, celebheights).
SO many actors add several inches (stop it you dirty ones) to their height for bios. I’m almost 6′, and as a female on set I often tower over every actor. Some don’t like that.
I’ll refrain from mentioning which one, but I literally smashed into batman because he was SO short, that I didn’t see him coming towards me.
equality, what I could find is that John Travolta has said he’s a bit over 6′, Harry is 6’2″ and Wont is 6’3″.
KASalvy, that’s hilarious! When you smashed into batman, did he go down?
The BM knew this was a charity fundraiser. It’s right on the website, along with all the other info the BM chose to cherry pick – like the names of other honorees and how much was a ticket to the event. Instead they decided to lie about it and say it was an event for celebrities to raise money for themselves.
Yep, and now Harry will be responsible for helping nominate future award recipients, in addition to fostering interest in aviation among young people. The group also raises awareness for aviation safety. These are all positive things, very in tune with Harry’s vibe and outlook, which is surely a big reason why he was happy to accept the award in-person.
Anytime Harry is acknowledged for his contributions I am excited for him. The spirit of this award is to encourage future aviators. For me it was a big deal and an acknowledgment by the committee that his philanthropic endeavors as well as his ability to fly Apache helicopter were worthy of this honor.. Hence forth, along with his other philanthropic work he will be known as a “Living Legend.” Incidentally he is if for no other reason but for having the foresight the start the Invictus Games which will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. As Harry mentioned in their engagement interview, “sometimes he and Meghan will do engagements separately or together but they will always be together as a team.” Proud of the man he has become.
As soon as I saw that Meghan was staying home with the kids, my first thought was “teething”. Lilibet is right at the age when toddlers get their 3 year molars. Some kids have a hard time with these teeth coming in. It can be a miserable time for them. Of course Meghan would stay home, but teething isn’t so serious that Harry would need to stay home too.
After the 3 year molars come in, the face shape changes around the jaw and toddlers turn into kids. So, the next time we see Lilibet, she will look different. I really wish the tabloids weren’t such assh*les. I’m glad H&M keep their kids out of the media, but it pisses me off that the tabloids are such ravening jackals that we never get to see the kids.
It was a nice award show for aviation lovers and the BM denigrating it wasn’t cute. Trust the people in that room were aware of how the BM were hating on their awards. But it looks like everyone had a nice time and Harry was his usual charming, engaging and charismatic self. Saw a clip of him joking he couldn’t talk about his first flight bc it was classified. He had the room laughing.
The question was what was his first flying experience, he said he jump into a plane cockpit at 7 or 8, and his father got in behind, and he was scared as hell.
That guy might be an outright grifter, but isn’t “royal blood” all a grift and, for “working” royals living off others?
After the nasty comments from Salt Island last week you would have thought Harry was being awarded a Nobel freaking Prize.
They’re just pissed because, compared to their Sandhurst gift shop fluff book for Willy, that was supposed to be a snub to Harry, but was such a nothingburger that it ended up making Harry’s award look like a Nobel prize, and there is nothing they can do about it.
Notice how the Sandhurst book has been dropped by the royalist sycophants. Why aren’t there fluff pieces about Willy’s forward, or what was said about him in the book? Because nobody cares. And its driving them crazy
Eh. Sandhurst will be fine. Most of their money isn’t raised by charity selling stuff in the giftshop anyway. Sounds like Sandhurst trains a lot more foreigners than are allowed at US military academies. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/22/sandhurst-sheikhs-calls-to-stop-training-cadets-from-gulf-states-with-bad-rights-records
This award is far more meaningful and deserving than the medals, honours and titles the royals give themselves.
Yeah, people who give themselves fake awards should sit this one out.
Bingo!
People keep underestimating Harry, he is a big boy dealing with hanger ons all his life.
Max tag the BRF, LOL.
Harry sure had a good time, good for him.
I admit I was hoping for a fashion moment from Meghan but if it was the kids I get it. Harry looked like he was having a blast and congrats to him. The Fail had to do a hit piece and it turned it trashed the award ceremony.
Instead, we get Lauren Sanchez serving big Mob Wife energy.
I was shocked recently to see a photo of Lauren Sanchez from before she began overhauling her face. She looked much better then.
I too was looking forward to seeing Meghan looking amazing but in hindsight it’s just chef kiss that she wasn’t there. Whether because of sick child or deliberate they took the wind out of BM.
The thing is they have been able to get people to direct their hate at Meghan very easily, but even monarchist can’t quite hate Harry. They can be mad or disappointed but the blame and hate is directed towards Meghan. UK has watched him grow up, he is Diana’s son and he is a blood Prince. He just won’t generate the hate clicks and isn’t going to give them the distraction they so desperately need hiding whatever is wrong with Kate and the fact the left behind future king prince is lazy AF. They are going to need a distracting story soon and I wonder where they will turn.
I agree completely. If she had showed up the BM would have criticized her endlessly.
Copying Diana by talking to John Travolta, spending too much money on her clothing with money she should have donated to charity, dancing while Kate and the King are at death’s door, ad nauseum.
Very glad that Harry got to shine at a relatively low key celebration where he was able to charm all the attendees.
Maybe William can create a new Bafta award, which he will come up with all on his own!, called living legends. Of course he will award it to himself.
Maybe William can have a person of the Year award for earth shot and award it to himself each year
The Incandescent Award. For the celebrity who exhibits the most petulance.
Perhaps the Bafta “Missing Man” award, for the man who never attends.
It was called “trashy award” by the DM, written by someone not invited and not there.
You might be closer to the truth. I wonder if they requested a press credential for the event and got turned down. Oh, I hope so.
Apparently, Caroline Graham had a ticket and actually attended. Yes, the lady who leeched onto Thomas markle and wrote a book about Camilla. She went to the event and then wrote that it was trashy. Or maybe she said tacky? Either way, it’s her actions that have been tacky and trashy for years now. Hating on people for loving aviation is just a very weird stance.
I’m sure she wasn’t calling it tacky while she was actually there, rubbing elbows with billionaires and Hollywood elite. In any case, she (or the DM) paid money for her ticket and that money will go to the charity – so, thanks for the donation.
She didn’t get in. She reported that Kenny G wasn’t there—but he was. He even performed. He just didn’t walk the red carpet.
You know the reporters complaining about this have any number of ridiculous little awards that basically exist to boost egos and have a night out where people donate to charities in order to rub elbows with celebrities.
Note: Definitely don’t think Harry was there for the ego boost, more of a being a member of the community where he now lives.
I didn’t know it was for a charity. That makes it even nicer. Poor salt isle is picking on a charity what else is new. Harry looked great!
Susan Collins, on their webside: “The Kiddie Hawk Air Academy is a non-profit, 501 (c) (3) organization dedicated to introducing, educating, and sparking children’s interest in aviation. The Kiddie Hawk Trainers give children ages 4-9 a sense of flight, albeit only a few feet off the ground. It is the mission of the Kiddie Hawk Air Academy to give children the “spark” they need to help create the next generation of aviators and aviation Legends, while teaching them the importance of academic excellence to reach their aviation dreams.”
What in the world could anyone have against this? Especially when they are promoting “academic excellence”.
The UK needs to stay out of US charities. It’s none of their business and they’re insulting.
Harry’s charming as ever. The derangers and British press reaction to Harry being awarded was embarrassing. But the event also disproves the British press narrative that Hollywood doesn’t accept Harry and Meghan. This was basically a Hollywood event. According to Hello Magazine Meghan wasn’t there because one of the children was sick. All in all it seems like it was a nice night out for Harry.
Sourced from nothing beyond my own imagination:
“Sweetie, I’m so proud of you, you know I’d love to come, but since [child] isn’t feeling well anyway, maybe it’s best that I skip it, under the circumstances?”
“Yes, probably not a bad idea to keep this one lower profile. I was thinking I ought to skip the red carpet anyway – less tabloid fodder, with everything going on.”
“I think you’re exactly right about that. I love you, H, and I’m so proud and happy for you – have a fabulous time!”
The Tabloids are the ones that said Meghan was going, when she didn’t turn up, they pull out the sick child excuse, because the know the Sussexes are not going to reply.
They had their stories ready to run attacking Meghan, the Mirror had up an headline that she didn’t attend but below the headline, the story was that they were both dress glamorously.
I did not realize that Piss Moron, had to go to a black radio show, because none of the US TV shows would’ve him on except Fox.
The British tabloids had to be pissed, looking for red carpet entrance, and Harry went through the back entrance and they were not allowed inside, the event controlled the event.
@Jan FOX (not FOX News) also has a channel called FOX Soul so I’m really surprised they didn’t shove PM onto one of its shows. Being on radio show The Breakfast Club is surprising bc PM isn’t popular nor well known within the African-American Community. And The Breakfast Club is dealing with some scamdals of its own. Since most AA media and SM content creators very rarely cover news/gossip re the BRF and only sporadically cover major gossip re Meghan, what will he talk about? Also Black women have had a couple of YouTube channels that were devoted to and made huge sums of money from disparaging and hating Black women demonetized and/or taken down. So he needs to read the room. Also a lot of celebs are now giving interviews to popular YouTubers/content creators. Ex: Club Shay Shay (Shannon Sharpe) recent explosive 2 hr 46 min interview with comic legend Katt Williams has over 53 million views to date and celebs are still reacting to it. Tom Ellis (Lucifer) recently did an interview on Michael Rosenbaum’s popular YouTube channel.
The BM might have gotten some access if they hadn’t trashed the awards to such an extent that a Living Legends spokesperson had to set the record straight (was it with the Mirror?). Billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are also members so what billionaire is going to put up with the BMs bs? The BMs refusal to see that their hateful actions towards these American charities and social events cause these media blackouts re them continues to amaze me. Their actions unfortunately also ruins it for other well behaved paparazzi and media outlets.
Typo – Meant scandals but “scamdals” is actually more appropriate.
Yesterday, the tabloids were screaming about how Harry “accused” Travolta of dining out on his dance with Diana. So tiresome.
Anyway, good for Harry – and this is also a great way for him to network for his own charities.
Kaiser, you described it as a little award that doesn’t mean much and I agree the British media took it way too seriously. But it does counter their narrative that Harry is not respected or popular. Plus it’s a fantastic networking opportunity and we know how savvy H&M are in building relationships and the opportunities that come from that
I went through the Daily Mail (then showered) to find out the source for the comment that Meghan was staying home with a sick child. It came from s PA Media: “PA Media is the UK’s leading provider of multimedia content and services.” Maybe this was a good guess on their part but – UK sources know nothing
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The salty left-behind Brits called this an event attended by D-listers (Fail?/Terror?).
I mean, yeah – Jeff Bezos, Morgan Freeman (had no idea he could sing so well), Travolta, William Shatner, Oliver Stone are very clearly not that well-known and completely irrelevant, no matter my personal opinion of these people.
Good to see Harry had so much fun, and was so well received.
Apparently *the* stalker extraordinaire Caroline Graham from the Mail on Sunday was there and called the whole event tacky and a vainglorious gala.
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They do this all the time, try to denigrate and insult people/celebrities/organizations associated with Harry and Meghan to prop the leftovers up. Then they wonder why their invitations and requests for support from these same people get turned down.
Too bad the left-behinds can’t stand on their own, and need propping up by the British gutter trash press, assorted rota 🐀🐀🐀 and the bot farms they purchased on the taxpayers’ dimes.
(Some Sqaddie posted a screenshot composite on X again recently, I think it was about KKKate’s mystery ailments or something)
The articles in the Daily Mail are a cesspool and the comments seem to want to punish Harry for everything wrong in the UK. The first article got 8k comments, Graham’s hit piece got 4.5k comments and the article excoriating Harry for posing with a selfie with Prince Max-Mario (“Harry cannot stoop lower”) has 1.1k comments, virtually all negative. (Apparently Max-Mario, like Mike Tindall, was on reality TV shows and is making money off his royal connections so posing with him, unlike posing with someone like Prince Andrew, is as low as you can go.)
Meanwhile, Harry’s remarks were terrific–funny, heartfelt and inspiring. I’m confident that someone in the audience thought “hmm, we ought to contact him about doing X.”
Hopefully Prince Mario-Max will now supplant the guttersnipe britpress whenever US outlets are looking for ‘royal expert’ commentary on H-M. Supposedly he’s from ancient royal lineage, but he’s modern working guy with law degree, several master’s and a doctorate. https://www.passionvista.com/prince-mario-max-the-always-in-demand-royal-host/
@kirk MM is not royal. He’s the stepson of a German “prince”. (Germany abolished royal titles in 1918.) He’s a clout chaser par excellence and I wish he hadn’t gotten close to Harry. Because, unlike travolta , he actually *will* try to dine out on this. He’s sleazy and a grifter. And a trump supporter.
@BQM – mybad then on Mario-Max 😔.
I’m just tired of US media outlets using these so-called ‘royal experts’ (Levin, Jobson, etc.) who are full of palace BS whenever something comes up affecting H-M. Was beginning to enjoy the breather after The Funeral Without End.
Tom Cruise was there. Funny, that he’s an “A-lister” when he hangs out with W&K. So having accomplishments and shows/movies that are still popular years later, but someone goes down to some sort of arbitrary “D-list”? Is Kenny G, one of the best-selling artists of all time a “D-lister”? Former astronauts? And apparently there were several medal of honor recipients there. Tired of people being classified by UK media based on how extremely well-known or public they still are.
equality, and don’t think that people who attended don’t know what the bm has been and continues to say.
What I love about the bm trying to ruin a US charity is that the US media (except tabloids and Murdoch sychophants) are ignoring them. I think Spare and then Harry’s win against the Mirror regarding phone hacking has really made them wary about printing stuff that comes from the UK (and probably also from Australia).
Morgan Freeman’s first secure acting gig was on Electric Company, where he did a lot of singing and dancing. 😉😉
Can you imagine? They publish something like CGs article & then wonder why Harry doesn’t come back to ‘help out’? How stupid can they be??
Caroline is a member of a “profession” (if Hate For Hire can be called a profession), that gave Camilla Tominey a “Scoop of the Year Award” for breaking the earth shattering “news” that Harry was dating Meghan.
Now, that’s tacky!!
It is so nice to see Prince Harry relaxed and glowing. I remember how sad both of them looked before they decided to step back from their roles. Meghan was better in hiding her emotions, but Harry really looked miserable at the time. Look how far they have come! They got peace, freedom, financial independence and 2 beautiful babies. So happy for them. I just wish that UK treated Meghan like how USA is treating Harry.
You hit the nail on the head. If the UK had treated Meghan the way the US has treated Harry, they never would have left. Too bad for them. Their loss is our gain.
I also read that Meg stayed home with a sick child and every parent can relate to that. Annoyed RR pretend Harry hasn’t any obligations or the right to put his own life at home in the US with his own wife and two tots first. They claim faux outrage that he doesn’t fly over to provide sick cover now the Firm that let them go years ago, is currently short staffed. Why should he, he lives with his wife and children and they are his priority?
I wonder if Lilibet is teething? She’s at the age to get her 3 yr molars, and some kids get really miserable with that. Of course mom would stay home with her.
I would have loved for Meghan there . However, perhaps it’s best that she wasn’t in attendance. The contrast between gorgeous, natural, glowing Meghan and plasticized Lauren Sanchez would have been too great. Bezos certainly traded down.
She’s wrecked her face. And she gave a sound bite which feeds into the nasty narratives of the event. She went on about how Harry is a living legend because of his skills flying, his record, etc. Which even Harry would say was nonsense. He’s a pilot being awarded this honor for his activities like invictus. By saying stuff like that she gives fuel to the BM who denigrate the award as ridiculous and meaningless. She got one herself, she knows what it was awarded for.
Those lips! Lawd.
I wish Harry wouldn’t have attended this event. So cringe!! I know the average American doesn’t care about royalty, but he still has time to create a new identity. Whoever told him to attend should be fired.
Needs to create a new identity? What’s wrong with his identity now: best-selling author, philanthropist, war veteran, loving husband and father, honorable, kind? This is an organization with people like Bud Anderson (the only living WW2 ace) and astronauts as members. There were medal of honor recipients attending. Why are you buying into the tabloid version of things?
He participated in a light hearted event that, at heart, is a charity for a good cause. It’s right in his wheelhouse. The day he starts to live his life based on what the tabloids spew is the day he may as well move back to England to become William’s whipping boy again.
Lol, I don’t think anyone tells Harry what to do anymore. Not sure what you mean by “new identity” – it seems to me he’s done just that. He’s gone from being “the spare” to being in control of his life and creating the future for himself that he’s always wanted.
Sewwhat, what was cringe about it? On their website, “on their webside: “The Kiddie Hawk Air Academy is a non-profit, 501 (c) (3) organization dedicated to introducing, educating, and sparking children’s interest in aviation. The Kiddie Hawk Trainers give children ages 4-9 a sense of flight, albeit only a few feet off the ground. It is the mission of the Kiddie Hawk Air Academy to give children the “spark” they need to help create the next generation of aviators and aviation Legends, while teaching them the importance of academic excellence to reach their aviation dreams.”
Kiddie Hawk Air Academy put out a statement saying that they honor people who make changes in other people’s lives. Harry does that with Invictus, Sentebale, and the list goes on.
I’m not sure why people seem to think that a US CHARITY is supposed to be denigrated, because they want to undermine any charity that is connected in any way to the Sussexes. I suggest you find charities in the UK to do this to and leave the US charities alone. No one asked you for any money.
“Unserious “ awards? Harry is use to those types of awards, as is families chest are covered in them.
Apparently it was last minute that Meghan didn’t go – she was expected to attend. So I’m guessing it’s true that one of the kids was sick.
Ameerah, the Sussexes never put out a statement to say she would be there. I think that the bm expected her to be there. I think they made up the story stating that one of the children was unwell in order to explain her absence. If they didn’t lie so much, they wouldn’t have to put out those kind of statements.
The brf hands out Military patronages like candy so that they can parade in uniforms. Tell me how that’s BETTER than this charity and awards? Harry actually accomplished something for this award.