A memorial built from families' photographs
The installation, initiated by the couple's Archewell Foundation, uses 50 illuminated smartphone screens to display photographs of children and young people who died following harmful experiences on social media. Their families supplied the images.
Designed both to remember those who died and to highlight the dangers of social media, the memorial was first presented by Harry and Meghan in New York in April 2025. Meghan later brought the project to Geneva, Switzerland, in May 2026.
Speeches and a panel on digital safety
Harry, 42, and Meghan, 45, will address children's online protection and technology companies' responsibilities in their joint keynote, according to the British Press Association. ITV News reported on November 4 that they will share a speaking slot of 15 to 20 minutes.
Before the couple speaks, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola and Antonio López-Istúriz, an MEP and first vice-chair of the Child Rights Intergroup, are scheduled to give opening addresses. The sequence was reported by the Press Association in coverage carried by ITV News and the Mirror.
Harry will then join a panel titled "Beyond Promises: Building A Digital Future That Works For Children" to discuss practical steps toward a safer digital environment. According to the Mirror, its subjects will include technology companies' responsibilities and efforts to prevent online child sexual abuse and exploitation.
ITV News and the Mirror reported that audience members will be allowed to ask questions at the event, but the media will not.
The couple's return to public appearances
In October, Harry and Meghan appeared together in Nottingham for their first joint public engagement since moving back to the UK, the Mirror reported on November 4. That appearance coincided with King Charles and Queen Camilla opening the Welsh Parliament.
The same report said the Brussels visit was announced minutes after Charles and Camilla departed Antigua and Barbuda, concluding a nine-day Caribbean tour that also included the Bahamas and Guyana. Harry and Meghan had made no public appearances during the King's time in the Caribbean.
The Mirror also reported that a letter sent on Charles's behalf said the couple should not use their HRH styles, which remain in abeyance. It stated that they "do not represent the sovereign" during public appearances.
Meghan's first public engagement since allegations against her father
The Brussels visit is set to be Meghan's first public appearance since serious allegations concerning her father, Thomas Markle, 82, became public. Philippine police are investigating suspected child sexual abuse material after Meghan's half-brother, Thomas Markle Jr., alerted authorities to files he said he had found. Her father denies possessing such material, and there has been no criminal conviction.
Meghan said in late October that she was deeply shaken by the allegations. She has had no contact with her father for years.
She had learned of troubling allegations against him through British police in 2019. According to Meghan, that information was not adequately passed on at the time. Britain's police oversight body is now examining the Metropolitan Police's handling of the matter.
