However, Harry had some advice for those attending the event, designed as a celebration of young people making a difference both in their communities and globally.

“The thousands of you gathered here are proof that today’s generation of young people is the most connected, most energised, and most confident the planet has ever known.

“You know that differences of opinion, of circumstance, of race and religion, are to be respected and celebrated. You know that in a clickbait culture, we cannot waste time sharing and drawing attention to things that make us angry, or that we know to be false.

“You all know that it’s great to ‘like’ things on social media, but that it’s more important to look up from our phones, to get out into our communities, and to take real action; to stand up for what you believe in.”

Prince Harry hits out at fake news in powerful and surprising speech