The pair are attending these events not as working royals, but as public figures and supporters of the projects they’re visiting.
The Royal Household has made it clear they view them as private citizens.
Despite that, Thursday’s schedule has a distinctly royal feel to it.
The first stop on their visit to Nottingham is the Community Recording Studio, a charity which Prince Harry has been supporting since 2013.
Its CEO Trevor Rose told the BBC they only found out about the trip a few weeks ago, and could not believe it.
“It’s exciting times. Completely random, phoned, mentioned a idea, said they’d like to come down,” he said.
“I thought it was going to be something in the future, next thing I know it’s two weeks later and we are here, so yeah it’s a complete shock.”
A group of fans had built up steadily throughout the morning, some carrying flowers whilst one child has a unicorn balloon.
