Prince Harry pulls a VERY funny face in never-before-seen photo as he poses up a storm alongside LAFC owner and investment advisor – after watching the team lose against Inter Miami
Football fan Prince Harry has been captured in a never-before-seen photo of him posing next to one of the new owners of the Los Angeles Football Club.
The photo shows the friendly-looking prince, dressed in a dark blazer and button-up shirt, standing in what appears to be an underground parking garage in front of a black SUV, with one arm around entrepreneur and investor advisor. Shaun Neff.
He appeared to be about to leave BMO Stadium, where the match was being played, as a man was visible next to the pair holding the door open.
The royal family looks a little unsure at first glance, possibly due to the outcome of the match, in which the LA team lost to Inner Miami, which is co-owned by David Beckham.
Prince Harry is seen in a never-before-seen photo posing next to new LAFC owner Shaun Neff after a September match against Inter Miami
Prince Harry watched the match from a $9,000-a-night VIP suite with LAFC, who lost 3-1 to David Beckham’s Inter Miami
The photo was part of one carousel of images posted by Neff, featuring a series of photos of the football club, along with the caption: ‘Grateful to announce that I have joined the ownership group.’
The night of the photo appears to have been taken on September 3, when the Duke of Sussex attended the LAFC and Inter Miami match.
Other familiar faces in the mix of photos included Will Ferrell, who is also in the ownership group, and NBA legend Magic Johnson.
Harry appeared to be sitting in a director’s box at the stadium, which costs between $3,000 and $9,000 to rent. The deluxe box includes beer, wine, fruit, hot dogs, nachos and other food, and access to a VIP lounge.
The photo from the evening shows the Prince watching the match from the VIP suite, sitting next to Larry Berg, the co-owner of the football club.
Behind him was actress and LAFC superfan Connie Britton, the 56-year-old star of Spin City, Friday Night Lights and most recently The White Lotus.
A future star of the NFL, USC quarterback Caleb Williams, was spotted a few rows up front.
The photo was among a carousel of images posted by Neff (pictured) showing a series of photos from the football club announcing his joining of LAFC’s ownership group.
In the photo, Harry watches the match from his seat in the director’s box at the stadium, which costs thousands of dollars to rent
A pre-match ‘notable attendees’ form listed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, but while the other stars listed their professions, the royal couple were simply referred to as ‘Prince Harry’ and ‘Meghan Markle’.
However, Meghan did not attend the match, leaving Harry among the football club’s high-profile executives.
The list of the other notable attendees was posted online, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jason Sudeikis, Tom Holland, Selena Gomez and Will Ferrell.
The royal couple’s job titles were recently mocked again, this time by Seth McFarlane’s Family Guy.
In an episode from the latest series of the cartoon satire, which aired on Sunday, main character Peter Griffin compares himself to the royal couple, who stepped down as working members of the British royal family in 2020 to move to the US.
As he sits in a bar with his friends, thinking of ways to get the money back he’s owed, Peter Griffin says he’ll “go it alone” — just like “Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.”
The scene then cuts to the royal couple relaxing poolside in longue chairs as a butler waits to hand them “millions from Netflix.”
A butler approaches them, hands them a pay check, and tells Harry, “Sir, your millions from Netflix for… no one knows what.”
The cartoon prince replied, “Put it with the rest,” as he speeds away, and Meghan’s phone buzzes with a notification.
She tells Harry, “Honey, time for our daily $250,000 sponsored Instagram post for Del Taco.”
The Duke, staring into the distance, replies: ‘I shouldn’t have let the made-up nonsense stand’ – in an alleged swipe at the British monarchy.
The Sussexes were recently mocked again by Seth McFarlane’s Family Guy, which featured satirical versions of the couple waiting for ‘millions from Netflix’ as they lounged around the pool
The Duke of Sussex sat next to football club co-owner Larry Berg (left) during the LAFC match
Everyone on the list of notable attendees had their job titles listed, except Harry and Meghan
Harry’s presence at the match is not surprising, as the royal discusses his love of sport in his memoir, Spare.
In the book, he recalled playing football while at school at Eton College in Britain.
“I have played every dry sport, although rugby captured my heart,” he wrote. ‘Dry sports’ at Eton meant cricket, football, rugby or polo, and ‘wet sports’ were rowing, sailing or swimming.
Harry said he found rugby therapeutic. “Beautiful game, plus a good excuse to hit things really hard,” he wrote.
The prince was spotted alongside Brooklyn Beckham and his wife Nicola Peltz before the match, further fueling rumors that the Sussexes were feuding with the Beckhams.
In August, it was reported that David and Victoria Beckham appear to have been ‘Markled’ – the cruel word used by critics of Meghan to describe how she can seemingly quickly distance herself from her once close friends.
The Beckhams were guests at her wedding to Prince Harry in Windsor in 2018. However, their friendship appears to be on the rocks, and Meghan and Harry were not guests at Brooklyn’s wedding to American heiress Nicola in April last year.
There were reports of a feud following claims that David and Victoria leaked stories about the Sussexes, an accusation which reportedly left David ‘absolutely bloody furious’.
A source close to the Beckhams said at the time: ‘David and Victoria attended Meghan and Harry’s wedding and were very supportive when Meghan arrived in Britain.’
But the allegations reportedly came during a tense phone call that effectively ended the friendship, with a source saying: ‘It’s unlikely things will be patched up now.’