Prince Harry and Meghan Markle today condemned ‘all acts of terrorism and brutality’ following the Hamas attack on Israel, as the couple spoke out following condemnation of the atrocities by the King and the Prince and Princess of Wales.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex also revealed they were ‘supporting our partners and organisations on the frontlines in Israel to provide the urgent aid needed’.

In a message posted on their Archewell website under the title ‘with heavy hearts’, the couple said: ‘At The Archewell Foundation, with Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, we stand against all acts of terrorism and brutality.

We are supporting our partners and organisations on the frontlines in Israel to provide the urgent aid needed, and to help all innocent victims of this unconscionable level of human suffering.’

The statement by the Sussexes was posted last night, but was first revealed on X, formerly known as Twitter, this morning by their favoured journalist Omid Scobie.

At 8.40am, Mr Scobie wrote: ‘The Archewell Foundation, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan last night released a short statement on the Israel-Hamas war.’

It comes hours after Harry’s father King Charles III and his brother Prince William and sister-in-law Kate Middleton condemned the ‘barbaric acts’ and appalling ‘horrors’ inflicted by Hamas on Israel.

The royals’ deliberate use of the word ‘terrorism’ to describe the atrocities came in sharp contrast to the BBC, which refuses to call Hamas a ‘terrorist’ organisation. It refers to Hamas as a ‘militant’ group and described the slaughter of civilians as a ‘militant’ attack.