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Judi James & Zoe Forsey

Prince Harry's 'awkward' encounter with Boris Johnson as he leaves final royal event

In the final minutes of his final ever engagement as a member of the Royal Family, Prince Harry chatted to religious leaders and politicians with his loving wife by his side.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex joined other members of the Firm to thank people who were part of the Commonwealth Day service before getting in their cars and heading home.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson was part of the line up, but many fans believe their meeting was slightly awkward.

Harry stopped for a few moments to speak to other guests, but appeared to move straight past Johnson, offering him just a quick nod.

The Prime Minister can be seen looking down the line waiting to meet the Prince (7 News)

He quickly shuffled down the line to talk to Patricia Scotland, the secretary-general of the Commonwealth.

Many fans took to social media to ponder whether this was a snub or just a bit awkward.

He quickly moved on to chat to Patricia Scotland (7 News)

However body language expert Judi James believes there may have been more to the meeting.

She told Mirror Online: "I think this is a case of clip-cutting giving a misleading reading, plus the Corona virus might also be partially to blame as there were no handshakes to help us pin down exactly who Harry was talking to at which point.

Harry offered Johnson a quick nod (7 News)

"Harry chats to the person before Boris in the line and then he turns to Boris and the two men perform some nods instead of handshakes.

"There is some chat and Boris even performs a ‘cocked nod’ where the head is tilted to one side in the emphatic nod to create a moment of recognition or thought-sharing, suggesting Harry might have made mention of the fact that he has a challenge on his hands tackling the virus.

He quickly moved on (7 News)

"It’s at the end of this when Harry moves on but claims he ‘cut’ the PM look rather exaggerated.

"It wasn’t one of Harry’s most animated, engaging chats of the day but it doesn’t look as though he made a huge statement of ignoring the PM either.

"He did attend Trump’s reception in the UK after all, so to cut Boris might not have made sense."

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