Loved-up Prince Harry meets cricket legends in Antigua and takes up the bat himself on Royal tour of the Caribbean
PRINCE Harry bowled over spectators in Antigua with his sporting skills yesterday joined by cricket heroes Sir Viv Richards, Sir Curtly Ambrose and Sir Andy Roberts.
The royal, 32, was dressed in a pale blue shirt and dark blue jeans with cream pumps as he stepped on to the athletic field to play a selection of sports with local youngsters including football, volleyball and cricket.
All three players from cricket "royalty" hail from the tiny island and said they were "delighted" to take part in the event.
Hundreds of children wearing tee shirts bearing a photo of the Prince greeted him excitedly.
Later today the Prince will attend a Charities Showcase event in the tropical grounds of Government House, in Antigua's capital St John's.
Charities including the Nolan Hue and the Halo Foundation, Scouts and the Girl Guides.
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He played the sports before attending a reception hosted by Antigua Prime Minister Gaston.
Harry will visit Grenada, Guyana, St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis and St Vincent and the Grenadines and his two week tour.
In St Lucia there will be more cricket when the Prince joins West Indian legend Daren Sammy.
Barbados and Guyana each invited the Queen to be the guest of honour at their respective 50th anniversary celebrations, while Antigua and Barbuda is celebrating the 35th anniversary of independence.
Harry is the on the latest Royal tour visiting Caribbean countries on a trip billed as formal but fun.
The Prince was asked to spend 15 days touring the island nations on behalf of the Queen on his second official visit to the Caribbean.
He arrived yesterday in Antigua to a red carpet and sunshine to start a tour he has reportedly been looking forward to for months.
The governor general welcomed Prince Harry with a reception at the recently restored Clarence House, before Harry re-opened the building.
He read out a message from the Queen where she spoke of “fond memories” of visiting the island.
The Prince also congratulated his grandparents, the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, on their 69th wedding anniversary, and made an unscheduled stop at Nelson’s Dockyard, a Unesco World Heritage Site, where Admiral Lord Nelson was based for four years.
The build up to this Royal tour has been overshadowed by the revelation of the Prince’s relationship with actress Meghan Markel, who is best known for her role in US drama Suits.
Kensington Palace have billed the tour as having a “formal feel” but with “plenty of fun”, which fits the character of the Prince which the world has become familiar with.
In a previous tour to Jamaica he famously raced Usain Bolt.
Over the course of the tour the 32-year-old will visit six countries where the Queen is head of state.
The nations are Antigua, Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines.
He will also tour the Commonwealth nation of Guyana, as both Barbados and Guyana mark 50 years since their independence.
Antigua and Barbuda celebrate the 35th year since independence.
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