--- title: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Have First Outing in 2018 description: The royal and his fiancée made their first public appearance of the new year at a radio program that supports local youth training. canonical: https://time.com/5095129/harry-meghan-2018-radio/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-09T17:46:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:39.285Z og:title: Here's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's First Outing in 2018 og:description: They stopped by a local radio station that trains young people to broadcast og:url: https://time.com/5095129/harry-meghan-2018-radio/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0777194cb834513a/6988f793bc6cfc5b913e4989/prince-harry-meghan-markle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3074 og:image:height: 1729 og:image:alt: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Visit Reprezent og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's First Outing in 2018 twitter:description: They stopped by a local radio station that trains young people to broadcast twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0777194cb834513a/6988f793bc6cfc5b913e4989/prince-harry-meghan-markle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Splashy First Outing in 2018 > Sponsored content. 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Prince Harry (R) and his fiancee Meghan Markle visit Reprezent 107.3FM on January 9, 2018 in London, England. Chris Jackson—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jan 9, 2018 5:46 PM UTC It’s been a whirlwind of a winter season for Prince Harry and his new fiancée [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5071768/meghan-markle-royal-family-christmas-2017/) — and they’re starting off their new year with a splash, choosing to make their first official public outing of 2018 to a local radio station in London. Reprezent Radio is a local music station with a training program established a decade ago to help young people “develop and socialize through radio” as an alternative response to rising crime rates. [They bill themselves as](http://www.reprezent.org.uk/) “the sound of young London,” with playlists consisting of mostly unsigned artists discovered by the station. Seems like a hip spot to start the publicity tour for England’s hottest engaged pair. Markle and Prince Harry, who [announced their engagement](http://time.com/5036408/prince-harry-meghan-markle-engaged/) in November and are [due to wed](http://time.com/5039393/royal-wedding-2018-details/) in May to much fanfare, stopped through the radio’s studio in Pop Brixton to see the work being done at the station, especially the training program. They met with presenters while inside, listened in at headphones (as evidenced in social media posts) — and, of course, greeted massive crowd on the streets outside. See the moments below. > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/950746354795630593) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/950714001138290688) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/950748618033647617) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/950771116229963776) > [](https://twitter.com/QueenVicMirror/status/950752318668050432) > [](https://twitter.com/JevanniLetford/status/950751368368803840) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5095129/harry-meghan-2018-radio/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5095129/harry-meghan-2018-radio/"},"headline":"Here's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Splashy First Outing in 2018","datePublished":"2018-01-09T17:46:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:39.285Z","description":"The royal and his fiancée made their first public appearance of the new year at a radio program that supports local youth training.","url":"https://time.com/5095129/harry-meghan-2018-radio/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals","Prince Harry","meghan markle"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0777194cb834513a/6988f793bc6cfc5b913e4989/prince-harry-meghan-markle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0777194cb834513a/6988f793bc6cfc5b913e4989/prince-harry-meghan-markle.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Visit Reprezent","caption":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Visit Reprezent","creditText":"Chris Jackson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5095129/harry-meghan-2018-radio/","name":"Here's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Splashy First Outing in 2018"}}]}] ```