Video shows Prince Harry reprimanding a Sky News reporter in Malawi

Prince Harry scolded a TV journalist for asking him a question during his visit to a health clinic in Malawi, it emerged today.

Sky News royal reporter Rhiannon Mills asked the Duke of Sussex an unscheduled question as he got into a car after a visit to the Mauwa Health Centre on Tuesday.

Harry, 35, had told a group of young people to ‘hold on to your dreams’ while talking to them as he visited the clinic during his ten-day tour of southern Africa. 

Sky News royal reporter Rhiannon Mills asked the Duke of Sussex the unscheduled question

But as he was being led away into a waiting vehicle by palace officials, Ms Mills asked him: ‘That short conversation, what do you hope to achieve through it?

He replied: ‘What? Ask them’, pointing back towards the hospital – but the reporter added: ‘Is that why it’s important for you to come and talk to them?’

Harry appeared to become frustrated with Ms Mills and gestured for her to move away from him as he got into the car, saying: ‘Rhiannon, don’t behave like this.’

The confrontation took place hours before the prince released a statement accusing media outlets of ‘relentless propaganda’ and ‘bullying’, saying he feared his wife Meghan, 38, has fallen victim to the ‘same powerful forces’ his mother Diana did before her death.  

Harry responded as he got into a car after his visit to the Mauwa Health Centre on Tuesday

The incident happened as Harry was being led away into a waiting vehicle by palace officials

Harry appeared to get frustrated with Ms Mills and gestured for her to move away from him

The statement was released after the royal couple announced Meghan had decided to take legal action against the Mail on Sunday following publication of a letter to her estranged father Thomas Markle.

Sky News royal correspondent Rhiannon Mills, pictured in November 2017

During Harry’s visit to the clinic in Malawi, he sat down for a private chat with the teenagers, after learning about the work of medical staff and other employees at the clinic.

Sitting outside but under cover from the searing sun, the discussion was supposed to be about sexual health but also touched on other topics the duke is passionate about, including climate change and conservation.

A health official said: ‘They asked him what challenges he faced when growing up and he did have challenges but he said they were not similar as the context was different.

‘He told the young people to ‘hold on to your dreams’ and he urged them to show kindness, empathy and work together.’ 

Harry had travelled to the village of Blantyre to see an innovative project funded by the US and UK Governments which is ensuring that vaccines, drugs and other treatments are more readily available. 

The Duke of Sussex is pictured earlier on while visiting the Mauwa Health Centre in Malawi

Harry takes part in a discussion with young people during his visit to the Mauwa Health Centre

The Duke views a pharmacy-in-a-box installation on his visit to the health centre on Tuesday

The pharmacy-in-a-box – a prefabricated, solar-powered and air-conditioned storage facility for medicines – means drugs are kept at the right temperature, are secure, and that the right amount is on hand.

Health workers said the facilities, which now number more than 350 across Malawi, have cut thefts and reduced wastage of medicines, increased staff motivation, and encouraged people to seek treatment because they know the drugs are available.

At the health centre, patients can access a range of services from a maternity unit to malaria treatment as well as HIV testing and after care if someone is found to have the virus.

Harry said of the drugs used to treat an HIV patient: ‘You need to know your status and know there’s medication, so you can have a happy and healthy life.’