Prince Harry cracks joke onstage at Kevin Costner’s charity event while ‘sick’ Meghan Markle no-shows

nypost.com:

according to People.“As you’ve probably heard already, 22 years [of] military service over 10,000 hours and rarely sees his family because he’s always here flying helicopters,” Harry joked.Courtney went on to tell stories of his past rescues including one involving five skiers who fell down a 30-foot embankment and it took the pilot five attempts to rescue one of them.The skier eventually healed up and proposed to his girlfriend at the top of the Grand Tetons. “You didn’t have to rescue him again, did you,” Prince Harry quipped. “You are one of the many heroes here tonight.

There are people here tonight who are alive because of you and who are back to their families because of you… from everybody here, thank you so much.”Last year, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex presented Costner with the Heart of the Community Award.This year, however, Markle was not in attendance because she fell ill, according to the Mirror.“We were all hoping Meghan would attend like she did last year but the word is that she is sick and could not make it,” a source told the outlet.The musical lineup featured performances by Marx, Kenny Loggins, Kevin Costner & Modern West and Joe Bonamassa.Pink and Dallas Green headlined the show as they performed as folk music duo You+Me.Backstage, Harry met with Marx as the two shook hands and had a conversation, according to a video shared by the singer’s wife on Instagram.Harry’s appearance at the charity event comes a week after he celebrated his 40th birthday on Sept.