Prince Harry had a stand-off with a bumblebee during a speech about his dad

"That bee really got me!"
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Prince Harry had a stand-off with a bumblebee during a speech about his dad
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Bumblebees couldn't care less if you're a member of the royal family. If it wants to buzz around the ear of the son and brother of two future kings, then it's jolly well going to.

Prince Harry was busy giving a speech for his dad's 70th birthday patronage celebration when a bumblebee spooked him and forced him to explain his wild gesticulating.

Skip forward to around 4:35 and you'll see Prince Harry bat away a bee as he's giving a speech

Just as Harry was talking about his father's "selfless drive to affect change," he found himself being bothered by the bee. So, he waved his arm around in the hope that it would disappear.

"To say that—sorry, that bee really got me!" said Harry after appearing to lose his place in his speech.

The Duchess of Sussex—a.k.a. Meghan Markle—had a good ol' chuckle to herself along with the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Charles.

Poor Harry!

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Rachel Thompson
Features Editor

Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.

A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.

Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.


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