Prince Harry cracks hilarious joke on being ‘under duress’ as he apologises after backlash | Royal | News
Prince Harry issued a humble apology to the Canadian public after he was spotted wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers hat during the 2025 World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays last week. The couple was seen cheering on the LA Dodgers and wearing hats as a show of support.
Meghan was born and raised in Los Angeles, and it’s no surprise that the couple supports her hometown. The couple’s move raised some eyebrows following their close ties to Canada, and on Thursday Harry was asked about the incident after he was presented with a Toronto Blue Jays cap during a visit to the veterans center at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto.
Asked by CTV News about the incident, Harry apologized, joking that he was “under pressure” during the match and there wasn’t much he could do.
He said: “First of all, I want to apologize to Canada for wearing this. Secondly, I was under pressure, I didn’t have much of a choice. He was the one who invited me to the lodge.” [LA Dodgers] I was the owner, so I was doing what I thought was the polite thing to do. However [taking the Toronto Blue Jays hat] I’ll wear this from now on.”
He also joked: “When your hair is so skimpy and you’re sitting under the lights, you grab any hat that’s available. Now that I’ve admitted that, it’s going to be really hard for me to go back to L.A.”
During today’s touching visit, the Duke of Sussex met with the 101-year-old Canadian WWII or World War II naval veteran and other veterans ahead of Remembrance Day.
Harry was smiling as he watched veterans participate in activities such as painting, ceramics and photography at the Sunnybrook Veterans Center in Toronto.
He examined military helmets decorated by veterans to reflect their experiences of service and remembrance, and depicted a man helping with the artwork.
Among those the Duke met were Brenda Reid, 101, who served on a women-run naval station in Nova Scotia during the Second World War, and Harold Toth, a 95-year-old Korean War veteran who joined the Queen’s Own Rifles.
When Harry asked about his war experiences, Mrs Reid offered a playful warning to residents: “You can’t always believe the children.”
The meeting was part of his two-day visit to Toronto to meet with veterans, members of the armed forces community and military charities to celebrate the “Remembrance” period, which covers the two-week period before Remembrance Sunday.
It comes after Harry expressed pride in fighting for his country and warned how easy it is for veterans to be forgotten “when the uniforms come off”.
Harry, who served two front-line tours in Afghanistan, talked about serving alongside men and women from across the UK in an essay.
He urged people to remember “not just the martyrs, but the living” who bore the “weight of war” and urged them to knock on veterans’ doors and “join them for a cup of coffee” and hear their stories and “remind them that their service still matters.”
