Prince Harry has had an unfortunate run-in with a goat during his tour of the UK.
While attending Scotty’s Little Soldiers summer festival, a charity event, on July 11, in Warwickshire, the Duke of Sussex participated in goat yoga alongside six nanny goats and four-month-old kid goats.
He laid down on a blue mat alongside a group of children and The Telegraph reported that he was told to “feel the freedom and presence” of the goats and “channel their spirit” by looking into their eyes and mimicking the noises the animals make.
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Prince Harry locked eyes with one goat and got so close that they almost bumped noses.
Throughout the event he stood in a tree pose and a “downward goat” instead of the classic downward dog.
However, while the royal was laying on his back, one goat jumped over him, stepping on his crotch.
A spectator made a joke about his security team failing to “protect the crown jewels”.
“Ow!” he yelled, as he moved his hands over the area.
Laughing, he asked the goat, “What are you doing?”
The event was a fundraiser for charity Scotty’s Little Soldiers, attended by about 200 children and their families.
The charity, which Prince Harry has supported since 2017 and been a global ambassador since 2023, supports children whose parents died while serving in the armed forces.
Prince Harry participated in goat yoga at the final event of his UK tour. Credit: Pool/Getty Images
After goat yoga, the Prince threw water balloons with some of the children, and participated in a Q&A session with them.
At one point, a nine-year-old who lost her father to leukaemia asked, “What makes you laugh when you’ve had a difficult day?”
Tapping his heart, Prince Harry replied, “That got me right here”.
“You know what, sometimes it’s just a difficult day. It’s not always possible to laugh. But my dog makes me laugh, my children make me laugh, and if I need to laugh I’ll probably put something really funny on the television,” he added.
“But – and this goes for all of you – there are some days when you’d like to laugh but it might not always be possible to laugh. But you’ve got brothers and sisters, friends, this community… A laugh at the end of a hard day is the best medicine served.”
Another question came from 16-year-old Sebastian, who asked if the family had a tradition to mark Princess Diana’s birthday or the anniversary of her death.
“Yes, we do lemon drizzle cake,” Prince Harry said.
“I think traditions are really, really important, especially when they’re sweet.”
It was the final event on his whirlwind visit back to his homeland, which has generated much chatter.
The Duke of Sussex visited the UK to promote the 2027 Invictus Games which will be held in Birmingham.
The Duchess of Sussex Meghan and his two children, Lilibet and Archie, joined him and had a private family reunion with King Charles and Queen Camilla after being separated for four years.
At the beginning of his trip, Prince Harry and several other high-profile British figures lost a privacy lawsuit against the Daily Mail’s publisher.
He and the other claimants, including singer Elton John, alleged dozens of stories about them published by Associated Newspapers in the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday from the 1990s to 2011 were based on information which had been obtained unlawfully.
Prince Harry said the judgement was “a complete and obvious whitewash”, in a statement issued on behalf of him and fellow claimant Doreen Lawrence, whose son Stephen was murdered by a gang of white men in a notorious racist attack in 1993.
Associated said the ruling was “an overwhelming victory for the Daily Mail and its journalists and for a free press generally”, adding that it would seek its legal costs after a trial it said cost more than 50 million pounds ($A96 million) in total.
