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Fijian players kneel before Prince Harry in Army-Navy rugby match

Fijian players kneel before Prince Harry in Army-Navy rugby match

By Swastika Singh
30/04/2017

Fijian players of the British Army rugby team kneeled before Prince Harry to show him the ultimate sign of respect before their annual grudge match against the Royal Navy at Twickenham stadium. 

Rugby fan Prince Harry belted out the National Anthem before the match which he attended as patron of the Invictus Games Foundation, a competition for wounded service men and women.

The Dailymail.co.uk reports that Prince Harry met the teams on the pitch at Twickenham, where the days of professional players kneeling down for royals has long been a thing of the past.

The Fijian players bended the knee as they met Prince Harry, as they do for any royal or head of state.

After the moving show of respect, the prince took his seat in the crowd where he jubilantly pulled faces as he took selfies on fans smartphones.

The Foundation was set up to pursue and develop the legacy of the Invictus Games and it manages the process of selecting hosts of future Games and overseeing their delivery.

Army beat Navy 29-20 in this match.

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