Prince William turned the road leading to Buckingham Palace into a makeshift cricket pitch on October 13, joining in for a game with cricketing stars from the United Kingdom and India. The Mall, which runs from the palace to London’s Trafalgar Square, was taken over to celebrate the Earthshot Prize coming to Mumbai next month—and body language expert Darren Stanton says the event showed the Prince of Wales at his best.
‘What's really great about Prince William is that he likes to get his hands dirty and wants to get stuck in,” Stanton, speaking on behalf of CanadaCasino, says. “He's not a person who sits on the sidelines and watches.”
The Prince and Princess of Wales are famously competitive and love trying out sports during royal engagements, and Stanton adds that William “wants to get stuck in” and showed through his body language “how seriously he is taking it.”
“His eyes are fixed on a particular position, and you can see the jawbone and cheekbone tensing,” Stanton says of the Prince of Wales during the match. “It means he's extremely focused and concentrating on what's going on in front of him.”
Reflecting on how Prince William wants to get involved with people he’s meeting, the body language expert notes that “part of that is that he doesn't rest on his laurels as a future King or a prince,” adding that William “never puts himself above anybody else.”
“It shows that he's having fun, playing sport, and interacting with people on their level,” Stanton shares.
Prince William also surprised tourists who were visiting the palace, shaking hands, chatting about Aston Villa and snapping pictures with members of the crowd who watched the pick-up cricket match.
“He's very approachable, and he always gives people the respect they deserve, which was demonstrated here as well when he lowers his height to make sure that rapport was established,” Stanton says.