The Duke of Sussex greeted crowds as he left St Paul's Cathedral alone yesterday following a service to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.
Prince Harry 's 'lack of body engagement' during his walkabout in London gave him 'the option of a face-saving exit' if he had a bad reception, an expert said today.
These included 'bending towards the crowd and hunching his shoulders to avoid giving the impression that this was a scheduled event', the psychologist added. She also said that he showed 'signals of inner anxiety' both before and after the service.
On his way out though he is placing his hand flat across his stomach and even switches hands when he goes to do handshakes with the crowd.This placing of the flat of the hand across the stomach is a barrier ritual he shares with his brother William. Combined with the buttonhole fiddling it implies a desire to self-comfort.
When they responded that they were in Britain for a wedding, the Prince jokingly asked whether it was 'in there' - referring to St Paul's. She said: 'Harry's hand to waist gesture on his way into the service was a barrier ritual masking as a buttoning of his jacket. Among the guests for the service were Diana's siblings Lady Jane Fellowes and Earl Spencer, and former army officer Mark Dyer, who acted as the duke's mentor, playing the role of a supportive big brother figure for Harry after the princess's death. Prince Harry shakes hands with fans who waited to meet him outside St Paul's yesterdayOther notable guests included his cousin Louis Spencer, the Prime Minister's wife Akshata Murty and his lawyer David Sherbourne.
There have been reports of issues of trust but the statement had a conciliatory tone and mentioned how the duke hoped to 'see him soon'. Mrs Turner, Team UK captain for the 2018 Games, told the guests: 'Wounded, injured, sick, and now with no career: consumed by insecurities, the pain and the fear.
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