Prince Harry made a surprise appearance Saturday night in San Antonio, Texas, at the fifth NBA Finals game between the Knicks and Spurs.
He was captured on camera entering the game alone, wearing casual clothing including a navy polo shirt, navy pants, and a ball cap.
The Duke of Sussex was not with his wife Meghan. He attended the game with JP Lane, a U.S. Army veteran and Purple Heart Warrior Games athlete who will be competing in the Invictus Games in Birmingham, England, for the first time next year.
Page Six understands that he was in San Antonio for the Warrior Game and was invited to attend the game by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. He and Silver sat a few rows away from the court and enjoyed the game.
Prince Harry and Markle, who famously had a falling out with the royal family and quit their duties as working members of the royal family in 2020, were absent from Royal Trooping the Color in London on Saturday. Trooping the Color commemorates Charles III’s birthday, which actually falls on November 14th, and is celebrated with appearances by members of the royal family on the iconic Buckingham Palace balcony.
The Duke of Sussex, 41, is just the latest in a long list of celebrities to take part in the Best of 7 series. As the showdown continued to heat up, Knicks mega-fans including Mariska Hargitay, Ben Stiller, Timothée Chalamet, Kylie Jenner and Michael J. Fox were spotted cheering on their team from the sidelines.
Taylor Swift made a striking appearance at Game 4 at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, along with Hargitay, Este and Alana Haim, wearing matching Knicks-themed punny blue and orange shirts.
Wednesday’s game was historic, with the Knicks coming away with a narrow 107-106 victory. This victory, which Hargitay later said was more thrilling than the first night against Peter Herrmann.
The Duke of Sussex’s surprise visit to the year’s most anticipated NBA game came in the middle of a busy summer.
He celebrated his eight wedding anniversary with wife Meghan Markle in May by creating an adorable sculpture of two penguins cuddling up in honor of their lifelong vows.
In July, the father-of-two will head to the UK to promote the 2027 Invictus Games in Birmingham.
Sources recently told Page Six that he won’t be seeing his brother Prince William, but the prince is said to be “desperate” to take his children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilybeth, 5, to be with their grandfather, King Charles.
Sources stressed that “no firm plans have been made” and that Prince Harry was focused first and foremost on the Invictus event.
