All the way down to Brazil to see...this.
Prince Harry was in the stands to watch England play for dignity, if not a place in the knockout round, in the 2014 World Cup today, his national team having come up short in its Group D matches against Italy and Uruguay (the latter of course forever to be the subject of scrutiny thanks to nibble-prone Luis Suárez's punishment-peppered track record coming into the tournament).
England hadn't played in a World Cup without winning at least one match since 1958 in Sweden, but that's exactly what happened this year.
National football hero Wayne Rooney even apologized to fans after the Uruguay match last week, writing, "Going into each game we had great belief in ourselves but unfortunately it hasn't worked out. Sorry to all the fans that travelled and at home that we haven't done better... gutted!"
Well, at least Harry made for a fine spectator in his smart blue suit. (And he of course wielded the usual handful of marriage proposals via signs hoisted by female fans in the crowd. No yeses, as far as we know.)
The 29-year-old royal, who's in the midst of a seven-day tour of Brazil and Chile, reportedly told FA chairman Greg Dyke that he was "really sad" to not see England advance.
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