A Lakeland teen who has spent years helping others deal with bullying recently received some royal recognition from "across the pond" for his efforts.

  • Jaylen Arnold founded nonprofit "Jaylen's Challenge"
  • Arnold suffers from Tourette Syndrome
  • Arnold has also received invitation to speak in South Africa

Jaylen Arnold is back from England after receiving the Princess Diana Legacy Award. He was presented the award by Diana’s sons, Prince William and Prince Harry.

Arnold was one of 20 young people from around the world to receive the award for their good causes. Arnold is an antibullying activist who speaks at schools around the country.

Arnold has Tourette Syndrome. It causes him to have uncontrolled ticks.

He was bullied as a young child as a result. That led him to start "Jaylen’s Challenge," a non-profit for his anti-bullying efforts.

“This trip was very, very exciting for me, especially since I had never left America before," said Arnold. "This is going to be a really hard trip to beat for me, because it was such an honor to be able to go.”

Arnold got to spend some one-on-one time with Prince Harry at a reception for the award winners. They got to talk about antibullying social media strategies.

"He was really nice, because he seemed really interested about what we were talking about. He was very responsive and it was so surreal,” he said.

Arnold has an anti-bullying tour of schools set for this fall, and he has just received an invitation to speak in South Africa.