Harry: It's great to have been back in UK

PRINCE Harry said it was "great to be back in the UK" before flying to Nigeria with Meghan for a quasi-royal tour.

- Emily Ferguson

The Duchess, who did not accompany her husband on the British leg of his trip, arrived in London but only to meet Harry at Heathrow Airport and leave straight away.

Yesterday, in scenes similar to the couple's last royal overseas tour to South Africa in 2019, they received rock-star welcomes as they visited a school and met top officials.

This time, though, they were not working royals and their visit was a private one at the invitation of the country's chief of defence staff Christopher Musa.

Before leaving Britain, Harry was asked what it was like to be back. "It's great, it's amazing," he told a BBC reporter.

He had just been at a party held by Scotty's Little Soldiers, a charity that supports bereaved children of military personnel.

The Duke threw himself into the fun, playing games with the youngsters and letting them pelt him with plastic balls.