Prince Harry ‘booed’ as he makes surprise public appearance without Meghan Markle.TA
Prince Harry has stepped out this evening.
Prince Harry stepped out this evening for a rugby union match (Image: Getty)
Prince Harry stepped out this evening to watch a rugby union match. The Duke of Sussex made a low-key appearance at Welford Road to watch Leicester Tigers clash with Gloucester. However, not everybody appeared happy to see the royal in the stand, as he was greeted with boos by some of the fans after he was shown on the big screen. Prince Harry’s awkward reception by fans at Welford Road was noted by social media users as well as TNT Sports. They wrote: “There were boos inside Welford Road as Prince Harry was shown on the big screen.”
Harry was also photographed multiple times throughout the evening. The royal was snapped taking his seat with a beer in his hand. At one point in the game, he was caught deep in conversation with a person sitting next to him.
Harry, an avid rugby fan, was also spotted with both his hands up in the air, seemingly cheering. The duke previously served as patron of the Rugby Football Union and the Rugby Football League.
Harry, who didn’t appear to be in the company of Meghan Markle at the match, relinquished his royal links to these organisations after he and the Duchess of Sussex stepped back from public duties and relocated to the US. The Princess of Wales has since stepped into these roles.
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The duke’s solo appearance came only a few weeks after he moved back to Britain with his family. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved back to the UK in August, with their two children – Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
Following their return, a letter was issued on behalf of the monarch reminding officials that the couple cannot use their HRH titles and that they do no represent the Royal Family. Harry and Meghan said that the statement caught them by “surprise” and in response said that they would prefer to be recognised as “public figures” rather than “private citizens” as the King classified them.
Harry and Meghan have faced a number of issues since being back in the UK (Image: Getty)
Since their return to the UK, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were spotted heading together to a pub in a low-key outing.
Meghan has also been spotted at a pub with fellow US celebrity Ellen DeGeneres and her partner Portia de Rossi.
The duchess was also seen at Claridge’s hotel with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai.
It has been six years since the Sussexes stepped down from their roles as working royals and moved to California.
The pair still have their Montecito home and it is not known how long they will be staying in the UK for.
Andy Burnham accused of ‘inciting disorder’ as 781 migrants cross Channel in single day
Andy Burnham is accused of inciting disorder after a record 781 migrants crossed the Channel in one day, while Reform UK warns numbers are accelerating.
Andy Burnham accused of ‘inciting disorder’ over migrant crisis (Image: Getty)
Andy Burnham has been accused of inciting disorder across the country because of the way his Government is handling the migration crisis.
It comes after his administration suffered its worst day on record, with 781 illegal migrants breaking into the country in unlawful Channel crossings in a single day.
The record-breaking influx also saw two boats arrive on UK shores undetected, sparking fury in Westminster and triggering threats of protests at migrant sites.
Horrendous footage and pictures, seen in Thursday’s Daily Express, also show what appears to be a man abandoning a child in the water so he can climb aboard a crowded dinghy.
Reform UK’s Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf warned that numbers were “accelerating” despite Home Office claims that the overall total had reduced.
He told Good Morning Britain that the UK has had “north of 210,000 people turn up on our beaches illegally in the past eight years” and warned “people’s lives are being turned upside down”.
Those comments were in relation to the village of Piddington, which recently hosted a symbolic referendum to leave the UK in protest against the housing of migrants at a nearby base.
Mr Yusuf said residents “are terrified that they are about to be outnumbered 10 to 1 by illegal migrant men”.
Home Office data shows a decline in the number of crossings this year, but critics say the overall figure remains far too high, with an insufficient number of people being sent back to their countries of origin.
Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf accuses Andy Burnham of inciting disorder (Image: Getty)
In a scathing attack on the Prime Minister, Mr Yusuf said: “Andy Burnham is inciting disorder in Britain by wielding the state’s monopoly on violence to impose unvetted men from countries like Afghanistan, Syria and Eritrea into local communities.”
He added: “This is unprecedented. I am worried the country is heading to a dark place.”
His remarks refer to footage showing coaches used to transfer migrants from the coast to immigration centres being accompanied by a police escort.
There have been mounting protests by masked men near locations used to hold migrants, though police support for security reasons is not uncommon.
