Prince Harry just got slapped round the face – he’s not realised how angry Brits are.TA
The prince’s Friday night didn’t go as expected when he was met by boos from fans at a rugby union game.
Prince Harry was seen with a beer in the stands (Image: Getty)
Prince Harry might be feeling down in the dumps after being booed by fans at a rugby union match on Friday night. The prince was seen in the stands with a beer as Leicester Tigers faced Gloucester at Welford Road.
After arriving back in the UK at the end of August, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have kept their appearances low-key. But after nearly two months, it’s only fair that the couple can start getting back to doing the things they know and love in Harry’s homeland. Afterall, they haven’t come here to be barricaded inside their Cotswolds home.
In their new neighbourhood, locals have largely not bothered the Sussexes and have left them to it as they are used to seeing A-listers walking their streets. Harry is known to be a big rugby fan and whether people like it or not, the duke has been away from his country for years, so it’s hardly a shock to see him enjoying a favourite pastime of his back in Britain.
Having previously served as the patron of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) – a role now held by Princess Catherine – he has remained a huge supporter of the game. Prince Harry must have been shocked when fans booed him at the rugby match after he was shown on the big screen. The prince is like marmite in the UK these days, love him or loathe him.
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The prince has attended multiple engagements since landing back in the UK (Image: Getty)
There’s certainly a camp of angry people that aren’t keen on the duke after his disloyalty to the monarchy. Even though Harry knows plenty of people aren’t keen on him after everything that has happened over the years – leaving The Firm, making allegations against his family and so on – it will no doubt have sent a shiver down his spine to have to face that in real life.
Prince Harry has spoken about how much he loves the UK, the country he proudly served nearly 10 years in the military for. But right now, he might be feeling like the UK doesn’t love him back.
The Sussexes will have had a lot to weigh up in their decision to move back to Britian. One of Harry’s biggest worries was security for him and his family – which he’s been embroiled in legal battles for. But, the pair must have been worried about how people would react to their return.
Harry received a mixed reception from the crowd – while there were some boos, he has also received support from fans online.
As time goes on and Harry’s appearances become more regular, maybe he’ll be able to muster up a bit more support.
Back in the day, Prince Harry was once one of the favourite members of the Royal Family with the general public knowing and loving him as the “cheeky chap” he was.
But now, the prince doesn’t rank well in public opinion polls at all – with his brother and Princess Catherine taking the top spots.
It looks like Harry and Meghan are set to stay for now, so lets wait and see if the boos continue or if the pair can regain some of their lost popularity.
The couple moved back to the UK at the end of August (Image: Getty)
Major petition for Britain to rejoin the EU passes massive milestone
The Prime Minister has said a second referendum could be included in Labour’s next general election manifesto.
Andy Burnham wants the UK to have a closer relationship with the EU (Image: Getty)
A major petition urging the UK to start negotiations to rejoin the European Union has passed a major milestone. The online document set up by Robert McMaster in June has now garnered more than 11,000 signatures. This means the Government will issue a response. The petition states: “10 years after the Brexit referendum and 6 years after leaving the EU, it is clear to us that Brexit isn’t working. We believe any benefits have been dwarfed by loss of influence, extra costs and the inefficiencies it has created.
“We think it is time for the Government to Apply to Rejoin the European Union. While we might not get the same deal as before we nonetheless believe that it would reduce the damage caused by Brexit and help restore our influence by becoming a full member of the EU again.
“The UK is a large country but is still small in world terms. We feel that improving cooperation with our neighbours will help increase economic stability and strengthen international influence, since relying on distant partners alone is not sufficient.
“We firmly believe that our future is best secured as part of a strong, united and democratic Europe.” The Prime Minister has not ruled out the UK’s future re-entry into the EU.
Mr Burnham said in Berlin this week: “The time has come to think more seriously about growth, and obviously we know growth can come from that closer relationship. We have a UK-EU summit in front of us before the end of the year and I think it is important that we can show that growth comes from co-operation, as I believe it can do, as well as facing joint challenges together.”
He added: “It feels to me that the world as it is, is bringing us closer together. It’s making us more closely aligned. We already are very close partners, but UK and Germany becomes a more important axis as we go into the next next period.”
Brits voted to leave the EU in 2016 (Image: Getty)
The petition will stay open until December 24. Mr McMaster is a member of Berkshire for Europe, a local chapter of European Movement UK. Another petition of his passed 110,000 signatures.
It stated: “10 years after the Brexit vote and 6 years since the UK left the EU, it has become clear that Brexit has failed and that the UK public no longer supports leaving the EU, with a clear majority wishing to return. Recent Government statements make it clear that it wishes the UK to have closer relations with the EU, but nothing comes close to being as beneficial for the UK as rejoining the EU as a full member where we will be able to take a full part and have a full say in its deliberations (even if the terms are not the same as last time, and we urgently need pro-EU groups to lead a proper debate on what that might mean).”
When it reached 100,000 signatures, the organiser warned that he will not give up.
“This is the third petition to Apply to Rejoin the EU to the current Government, and the second to reach 100,000 signatures,” he wrote. “The first led to a three-hour debate in Parliament in March last year where 42 MPs spoke for an average of four minutes each, 38 of whom criticised the Government’s stance, with only four supporting Brexit – the official Government spokesperson, a Conservative Minister and two Northern Ireland MPs. (No Reform MPs bothered to attend.)
“We hope this petition will lead to a second debate where another 40 MPs can tell the Government what they and their constituents think, and encourage signatories of the petition to write to MPs with their own stories and to ask them to attend.
“And that it will be followed by further petitions every six months (the lifetime of petitions on the Parliament website) with increasing numbers of signatures until the Government changes stance and applies to rejoin.”
