Prince Harry plays baseball

Britain’s Prince Harry hit a home run when he took part in baseball drills yesterday, much to the delight of onlookers.The 28-year-old royal – wearing a suit from an engagement earlier in the day to promote British business in Manhattan – met with youngsters and staff at Project Coach, an East Harlem-based programme which offerscoaching opportunities and community mentoring and impressed everyone with his sporting skills when he took on New York Yankees star Mark Teixeira.The sportsman, who is a member of project coach, said: “Everybody here enjoys having Yankees around but when Prince Harry shows up it takes it up to a whole different level.

He’s a very good athlete you can tell that right away. I was just telling him ‘keep round the ball’. He knew what he was doing. He played some cricket growing up and he’s seen American baseball – he’s a natural.’

And nine-year-old Jolita Brettler, who has been receiving lessons for two years, was equally impressed.

She said: “All of us were like, ‘Is that a bird or is that a ball?’ I didn’t think anyone could swing that fast.

“He hit that thing out, all of us were like ‘Wow!’ Who thinks that a prince is going to play baseball? Princes are usually in castles or doing something important.”