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The Prince of Wales has not publicly acknowledged Harry's recent return to Britain

Prince William will travel to the remote Dartmoor village of Princetown on September 15 to officially unveil The Princetown Community Fund, a new regeneration initiative making a minimum of £250,000 available for community-driven projects.

The fund will back social, economic and environmental schemes in the isolated moorland settlement, which sits adjacent to the now-vacant Dartmoor Prison.

The engagement notably coincides with the Duke of Sussex's 42nd birthday. The Prince of Wales, who remains estranged from his younger brother, has not publicly acknowledged Prince Harry's recent return to Britain.

In June, it was announced that William would stop taking personal income from the prison's controversial £1.5million yearly rent, having requested that the sum be stripped from his Duchy of Cornwall earnings from the 2026-27 financial year.

The money is now instead channelled into revitalising the local area.

A joint investigation by Dispatches and The Sunday Times in 2024 revealed that the Duchy had struck a £37million agreement in 2022 to lease the category C prison to the Ministry of Justice, worth £1.5million annually across 25 years.

A separate arrangement with the Ministry of Defence permitted military training exercises on Duchy-owned Dartmoor land.

The deals were signed before King Charles acceded to the throne and therefore before William inherited the Duchy.

The Devon prison has stood empty since July 2024, when dangerous concentrations of radon, a naturally occurring radioactive gas linked to lung cancer, were detected within inmates' living quarters.

Devon Communities Together will administer the fund, offering grants between £500 and £40,000 alongside guidance for organisations seeking financial support.

The initiative builds upon existing efforts through the Princetown Place Strategy and the Encounters Shop programme.

It also forms one element of a far broader commitment by the Prince to direct more than £500 million in Duchy resources over the coming decade towards housing, local economies, renewable energy, agricultural resilience and environmental restoration across communities linked to the estate.

William's decision to redirect the prison rent represents a significant shift in how the heir to the throne manages the Duchy's more contentious revenue streams.

During his Princetown visit, William will stop at Gather & Moor, a community and cultural hub in the village centre that was developed by the Duchy of Cornwall, where he will meet members of the heritage business Princetown Press.

He is also expected to speak with residents who have contributed to shaping a collective vision for the village's future.

The Prince will additionally call in at the local youth club, which has benefited from Duchy funding to upgrade its facilities.