Prince Harrysent a polo ball whizzing toward a gaggle of media capturing hischarity gameon Thursday — and it was a close call.
The dense, hard ball flew in at shoulder height and narrowly missed a few photographers and crashed into a fence dividing the press area from the VIP’s section, making a surprised security guard nearly jump out of his skin.
The 33-year-old recognized photographer Tim Rooke and called out, “Sorry Rookie. I was trying to give you a good shot!”
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His team soon made it 4-1 in the last chukka, or period. However, their rivals racked up three goals in a minute, tying up the score with just two minutes left.
The game ended 5-4, with Figueras scoring the final goal to win the Sentebale ISPS Handa Polo Cup.
Figueras tells PEOPLE that Harry’s shot was an accident.
“It was not on purpose,” he said. “He was trying to defend the goal because of my mistake probably and he antes to see if you guys were paying attention”
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As the teams departed, Meghan, 36, affectionately rubbed her husband’s back and the couple — who wed in May — joined hands and walked away.
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Earlier this week, Kensington Palace justreleased never-before-seen photosfrom the newlywed’ssolo trip to Africa last month, where he opened a school and a house on behalf of Sentebale.
source: people.com
