Prince William has just visited the Neve Golan Stadium in Jaffa to meet Jewish and Arab Israeli children and play a little soccer, in an event organized by The Equalizer and the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation.
Hadashot TV cruelly reports that the prince took two penalties — missing one and scoring one.
In fact, as the TV report quickly corrects itself to say, the prince took two, and scored two — calmly slotting the first home low and to the left, and just eluding the goalkeeper with the second.
The meet continues a soccer-themed aspect of the visit. A few hours ago, he talked English football with President Rivlin, and gave the president a Liverpool shirt.
William then poses with the kids, before heading off to the next leg of his Tel Aviv tour — a visit to the beach.
In highly unusual scenes, the shirt-sleeved royal visitor strolls around in the afternoon sunshine, and even includes a stop at a lifeguard’s post.
Prince William gives President Rivlin a Liverpool shirt, June 26, 2018 (Mark Neiman, GPO)
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Tuesday, June 26, 2018
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