Prince Harry was confused for his brother, the Prince of Wales, in an awkward encounter at a charity event supporting Santa Barbara’s first responders, hosted by actor Kevin Costner.
On Friday September 20, the American singer Richard Marx was performing onstage for the One805!Live concert in California. Afterwards, he walked out of the backstage area and almost missed Prince Harry, who was waiting to congratulate him on his performance.
A person off-camera said: “Richard, Prince Harry,” to direct the ‘Right Here Waiting’ singer towards the prince, and the Duke of Sussex could be heard saying “well done” to Richard as they shook hands.
Richard’s wife Daisy Fuentes posted the video, and other photos, erroneously tagging the Prince and Princess of Wales’s Instagram account.
As well as meeting celebrity guests, Prince Harry presented an award for the charity event. He took to the stage to present Santa Barbara County air support pilot Loren Courtney with an award.
“As you’ve probably heard already, 22 years [of] military service over 10,000 hours and rarely sees his family because he’s always here flying helicopters,” joked Prince Harry.
When asking the pilot for “an experience or a story that stands out”, Loren shared an anecdote about a search-and-rescue for a group of skiers in Colorado, one of which had suffered a severe head injury and took five attempts to rescue.
