Prince Harry's emotional moment with an elephant

Harry wrote that after a long day, he took a 'moment' with the elephant. Photo / Instagram

The Kensington Palace Instagram account has posted images from Prince Harry's trip to South Africa earlier this year where he helped vets de-horn rhinos and protect elephants.

The photos reveal Harry's heartbreak at the suffering of rhinos, though one image shows the benefits of the work he and the vets are trying to achieve.

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We hope you've enjoyed seeing Prince Harry's photos on instagram today, and thank you for taking the time to read his stories on this important issue. As Prince Harry said in his speech at Kruger National Park today: "There is no pretending that any of this will be easy. It won't be. But when we win this battle and reverse the rise in poaching, the victory will belong first and foremost to those on the frontiers." And here is the proof that the battle can be won. A female rhino who had her horn hacked off by poachers in 2012. She now has a baby calf called Thembi. Photograph © Prince Harry

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Another photo shows Harry almost eye-to-eye with a rhino. The caption reads "This was the second time Zawadi, a female black rhino, met someone from my family. My brother William fed her three years ago in Kent just before she left under a translocation project to Tanzania where she now lives in a sanctuary. Thanks to the passion and stubbornness of Tony Fitzjohn OBE and his amazing rangers, she and many others are living it up in the bush and their numbers are growing. She goes nuts for carrots and I loved being able to send William this photo."

Zawadi, a female black rhino is no stranger to the Royal Family. Photo / Instagram