The royal family’s newest member was given an adorable baby baseball shirt when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex went to a game in London.
Thousands of fans roared as Meghan and Harry entered the field as the first Major League Baseball (MLB) game in Europe was about to start.
People were expecting the Duke to be there, but didn’t expect Meghan, who was showered with baby-sized merchandise by players from the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.
She also hugged Red Sox player Mookie Betts, who explained: ‘We’re family somehow.’
After the hug, Harry turned to the rest of the team to ask whether anyone else wanted to lay a claim to being related to Meghan, with a number of players raising their hands.
The Boston Globe reported last May that outfielder Betts had learned he was a distant relative of Meghan, after an amateur genealogist said their ancestors are from the same part of Alabama.
When asked by Fox Sports after the game if he was related to Meghan, Betts said: ‘Yes I read about it, I was informed, I was informed last year when I found out we were coming.
‘So I figured, I hope I get to meet her, and I did, and I gave her a hug, and I think she invited me over for dinner.’
Harry admitted having poor knowledge of the great American pastime to the Red Sox players, asking: ‘I’m not that current with baseball – who normally wins?’
After the team presented the couple with the presents, the Duke assured them they had him and his wife’s support, only to later tell the Yankees they had ‘beaten next door’s gift’.
Before they started playing, Harry and Meghan stood in the sunshine in the centre of the London Stadium field with Invictus Games Foundation representatives as both the US and UK anthems were sung.
Former competitors in the Invictus Games, an international sports competition for injured military personnel which the Duke helped set up, started the match by throwing the first pitches.
Abbie Kasparis, a former Lance Corporal in the British Army, threw one and the other was thrown by Ryan McIntosh, who served in the US army.
Before the game, the Duchess told the Red Sox squad that she was ‘so glad they didn’t ask me to do it’.
‘So am I,’ her husband cheekily replied.
The Invictus Games Foundation was chosen as an official charity partner of MLB’s London Series, which sees games played at West Ham’s home ground on Saturday and Sunday.
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