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Prince Harry appears to have cheated to win a running race with his brother William and sister-in-law Kate, but it’s not the first time the royal bad boy has used a false start to win on the track.
When he jumped the gun to sprint past the other young royals in London, he used the same tactics with which he had previously beaten the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, in Jamaica five years ago.
That time he was out of the blocks before the starters could even say “ready, steady, go” and it enabled him to win a 20-yard dash against the Olympic champion and world record holder.
“He cheated,” Bolt laughingly told the Daily Mail later. “He knew he couldn’t beat me but wanted to go back to London saying he did. I told him I want a rematch but Harry said ‘I’m busy’.”
Showing the same will to win, he competed in a 50-meter sprint at Olympic Park and stayed ahead despite a strong challenge from older brother William. Kate finished third.
No one was complaining afterwards about Harry’s apparent cheating or asking for a do-over.
The real winner was charity. William, 34, Kate, 35 and Harry, 32, were competing in order to win attention for Heads Together, an umbrella organization for eight mental health charities they spearhead.
Perhaps anticipating defeat in the royal run-off, William was getting his excuses in early by jokingly clutching his leg before the race saying. “Ooh, my hamstring!”
In other royal news, the Queen on Monday became the first British monarch to rule for 65 years and her Sapphire Jubilee was celebrated with a 41-gun salute in London’s Green Park.
British Prime Minister Teresa May called the landmark, “yet another remarkable milestone for our remarkable Queen.”
