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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-27T17:56:39.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nPrince Harry and Meghan Markle were seen hugging and comforting young cancer patients and their families during an emotional outing in Jordan.\n\nThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited the King Hussein Cancer Centre. And Meghan rushed to console a distressed mother from Gaza, holding her hands and consoling her as the mother spoke about her son’s fight with leukaemia.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe duchess met Huda Ramadan Alrhawjara and hugged her as she explained that her son, Mohammed, had suffered a recurrence of leukaemia during the conflict between Hamas and Israel in Gaza.\n\nMs Alrhawjara told Meghan: “It doesn't matter if it takes four years, what matters is to have him healthy.”\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe mother and son were part of a group of young Palestinians from Gaza being treated at the centre.\n\nShe later said: “'I'm really happy that the prince and his wife are really on the side of the families, and that they came to hear our stories, it shows their humanity.”\n\nThe Sussexes met young patients in a play area designed to put the children at ease during the treatment.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHarry formed a friendship with Sham, a teenager from Syria, who was awaiting chemotherapy for leukaemia later that day.\n\nThe pair bonded over her English skills, which she learnt through a relative watching films and Peppa Pig.\n\nShe went on to perform a short piano piece for the royal couple, and both hugged Sham before moving on.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAfter meeting Meghan and Harry, she said: “He's really nice, I've heard about him, but I never thought I would meet him.”\n\nThe visit was the last engagement of a two-day tour of Jordan, which the British Government has sought to distance itself from after revelations that the couple attended an event at the British Ambassador’s residence in Amman.\n\nOfficials at the Foreign Office have refused to provide any comment regarding the two-day Middle Eastern trip.\n\n### LATEST ROYAL NEWS\n\n\n\n\n  * Scottish council remove plaque commemorating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's visit\n  * How Prince William is using a personal passion he shares with George and Charlotte to modernise the monarchy's image\n  * King Charles 'profoundly unhappy' after latest resignation\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nSources familiar with the visit have clarified that Ambassador Phillip Hall did not extend a direct invitation to Harry and Meghan for the Iftar reception, which marks the evening meal breaking the Ramadan fast.\n\nThe Sussexes had announced in their own press statement they \"joined World Health Organisation officials and Embassy staff at the British Ambassador's residence for Iftar as day one closed with a renewed sense of urgency and resolve\".\n\nIt is understood the invitation to the Ambassador's reception had actually been extended to Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization's Director-General, who subsequently brought the duke and duchess along as his personal guests.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nA source with knowledge of the arrangements has maintained that the British Government played no role in organising or supporting the Sussexes' trip, emphasising their status as \"private citizens\".\n\nOne royal insider described the couple's appearance at the diplomatic reception as an \"intriguing\" element of their Jordan visit.\n\n\n\nThe source noted: \"Once again, British diplomats are involved.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle comfort parents as they meet children with cancer in Jordan"
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