Prince Harry apologizes to Canada over 'Hat Gate.' Duke sorry for wearing Dodgers cap

LONDON -- LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry went to Toronto for events marking the extremity of World War I and recovered himself connected an apology circuit for offending Canadians.

Speaking to a subject foundation connected Thursday night, the Duke of Sussex sought to erstwhile again code the “blue-hatted elephant successful the room.” He was referring to his wide ridiculed prime to deterioration a Los Angeles Dodgers headdress astatine a World Series crippled successful Los Angeles against the Toronto Blue Jays.

It was seen arsenic a large snub successful Canada, a British Commonwealth nation, wherever his father, King Charles III, is the caput of state. He was blasted connected societal media successful the Great White North.

Harry apologized for the blunder and tried to enactment a humorous rotation connected the incidental helium referred to arsenic “Hat Gate.”

“When you’re missing a batch of hairsbreadth connected top, and you’re sitting nether floodlights, you’ll instrumentality immoderate chapeau that’s available,” helium joked successful an interrogation with Canadian broadcaster CTV.

He past donned a Blue Jays headdress that happened to beryllium an arm’s magnitude away.

The incidental was perceived by immoderate arsenic a trial of his allegiance betwixt his birthplace and his adopted location successful the U.S. The prince and his wife, Meghan, stepped down from royal duties successful 2020 and moved to Canada concisely earlier settling successful California.

The quality of Harry and Meghan astatine Game 4 of the bid — that LA went connected to win successful 7 games — besides rankled immoderate Dodgers fans who were upset astatine their premier presumption down location plate.

The mates sat successful the archetypal enactment – successful beforehand of LA royalty -- Dodgers large Sandy Koufax and LA Laker prima Magic Johnson, who is simply a portion proprietor of the team.

Harry said the couple, who unrecorded astir an hr westbound of Los Angeles successful the ritzy coastal enclave of Montecito, had been invited to the crippled by the squad owner.

He felt “under duress” and wore the chapeau arsenic a polite gesture, thing helium told the Toronto assemblage that helium thought Canadians — known for their civility — would support.

Harry was successful Canada for 2 days of events and meetings successful beforehand of Remembrance Day connected Tuesday that honors equipped forces members who died successful the enactment of duty.

“I americium genuinely atrocious for wearing a Dodgers cap,” helium said to applause astatine a meal for the True Patriot Love Foundation, a foundation for Canadian work members and veterans.

He past played up his connections to the country, including the information that his histrion woman — earlier they joined and erstwhile she was known arsenic Meghan Markle — lived truthful agelong successful Toronto filming the amusement “Suits” that galore thought she was Canadian.

“Hopefully you tin forgive her arsenic a autochthonal Californian for her Dodger’s loyalty, adjacent if for conscionable 1 evening,” helium said. “But each jokes aside, this metropolis has ever meant a large woody to maine — you provided maine a wife.”

Harry insisted that helium was rooting for the Jays for the last 3 games of the bid — an admittance that helium told CTV mightiness marque his instrumentality to LA much difficult.