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THIS is the awkward moment Prince Harry was told to drop a hockey puck by a star – as he was too busy smiling for photos.

Harry and his wife Meghan Markle attended an ice hockey game at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada yesterday evening.

Prince Harry forgot to drop the puck while smiling for photos3

Prince Harry forgot to drop the puck while smiling for photosCredit: Getty
He went to the Vancouver Canucks game with his wife Meghan Markle3

He went to the Vancouver Canucks game with his wife Meghan MarkleCredit: AP
Harry carrying the puck out onto the hockey rink

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Harry carrying the puck out onto the hockey rinkCredit: AP

He performed the ceremonial puck drop kicking off the clash between the Vancouver Canucks and the San Jose Sharks.

But Sharks captain Tomas Hertl said there was an awkward moment when Harry got distracted.

Hertl told local media: “I actually had to tell him to drop the puck because he kept holding it and smiling.

“I said ‘It’s time to drop it’ – but it was a cool moment. For sure I will remember that one.”

Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet said: “I gave him a fist bump, I don’t know if you’re allowed to do that.

“I did it, he did it. He kind of looked at me but he did it.”

Harry was invited to the game after he chose the Rogers Arena as the venue for the Invictus Games closing ceremony in 2025.

The Games are Harry’s sports competition for wounded military veterans from around the world.

But Harry is not actually the first royal to drop the puck at a Vancouver Canucks game.

The late Queen and Prince Philip also saw the Canucks play San Jose back in 2002.

They watched the first period with ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, before leaving at the break.

Harry and Meghan “would love to” spend Christmas in the UK but “haven’t been invited” by King Charles, a pal has claimed.

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