Prince Harry cracks hilarious joke on being 'under duress' as he apologises after backlash

Prince Harry has issued a grovelling apology to the Canadian public after he was seen wearing a Los Angeles Dodgers cap during the 2025 World Series against the Toronto Blue Jays last week. The couple were seen cheering on the LA Dodgers and wearing hats in a show of support.

Meghan was born and raised in Los Angeles, and it's no surprise that the couple would support her hometown. The couple's move raised some eyebrows after their close connection to Canada, and on Thursday, Harry was asked about the incident during a visit to Sunnybrook Hospital's veterans centre in Toronto, after he was gifted a Toronto Blue Jays hat.

Asked by CTV News about the incident, Harry apologised, joking that he was "under duress" during the game and there was not much that he could do.

He said: "Firstly, I would like to apologise to Canada for wearing it. Secondly, I was under duress, there wasn't much choice. I was invited to the box by the [LA Dodgers] owner, so I was doing what I thought was the polite thing to do. But [taking the Toronto Blue Jays hat] I'm going to wear this from now on."

He also joked: "When you're missing a lot of hair on top and you're sitting under lights , you'll take any hat that's available. Now that I've admitted that, it's going to be really hard for me to return to Los Angeles."

During today's poignant visit, the Duke of Sussex met a 101-year-old Canadian World War 2 or WW2 navy veteran and other former servicepeople ahead of Remembrance Day.

Harry was all smiles as he watched veterans taking part in activities such as painting, ceramics and photography at the Sunnybrook Veterans Centre in Toronto.

He viewed military helmets decorated by veterans to reflect their experiences of service and remembrance, and was pictured lending a hand with one man's artwork.

Among those the duke met was Brenda Reid, 101, who served at a women-run naval station in Nova Scotia during the Second World War and Harold Toth, 95, a Korean War veteran who enlisted with the Queen's Own Rifles.

When asked by Harry about their war experiences, Ms Reid offered a playful warning about her fellow residents: "You can't always believe the boys."

The meeting was part of his two-day visit to Toronto to meet veterans, members of the armed forces community and military charities to mark the "Remembrancetide" period which spans the two-week period leading up to Remembrance Sunday.

It came after Harry expressed his pride at fighting for his country and warned how easy it is for veterans to be forgotten "once the uniform comes off".

Harry, who undertook two frontline tours to Afghanistan, spoke in an essay about serving alongside men and women from all four corners of the UK.

He called on people to remember "not only the fallen, but the living" who carry the "weight of war" and urged them to knock on veterans' doors and "join them for a cuppa... or a pint" to hear their stories and "remind them their service still matters".