Prince Harry visits tattoo shop and ‘stays for over an hour’ before leaving flanked by security
PRINCE Harry has been spotted leaving a tattoo shop in New York flanked by security after reportedly staying for over an hour.
The Duke of Sussex arrived in a black SUV to East Side Ink in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, reports Page Six.
Harry had a large security presence alongside him as he went into the popular inking parlour, most of whom were dressed in polo shirts, reports the outlet.
A source told Page Six that the Duke stayed at the shop from about 1 pm to a little after 2pm.
But Prince Harry’s reps were coy and wouldn’t confirm any details with The Sun.
Footage obtained from the outlet also appears to show two NYPD cars accompanying him from the front and back.
It is understood Prince Harry did not actually get a tattoo – and was there for a promotional stunt, according to Page 6.
Harry has previously claimed he was so drunk during a trip to Las Vegas that his security had to “threaten him” to stop him from getting a tattoo.
Writing in his memoir ‘Spare’, the Duke detailed how he wanted to get a tattoo to remember his trip to Vegas in 2012 by.
He explained: “By the time the sun was dipping over the mountains, I was in rough shape and filling up with…ideas.
“I need something to commemorate this trip, I decided – something to symbolize my sense of freedom, my sense of carpe diem.”
For some reason, he decided to get a tattoo of the country of Botswana on his foot, and claimed he was going to pop down to a nearby tattoo parlour to get it done.
However, one problem occurred in the form of his security bloke called “Billy the Rock”.
He recalled: “He smiled.
“’No way’. My mates backed him up: ‘Absolutely not’.
“In fact, they promised to physically stop me.
“I was not going to get a tattoo, they said, not on their watch, least of all a foot tattoo of Botswana.
“They promised to hold me down, knock me out, whatever it took.”
It comes as Harry touched down in New York without Meghan Markle for a number of events.
During this time, the prince attended various charity and philanthropic functions linked to the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week and Climate Week.
Harry also took a tour of a haunted maze with Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon in a surprise TV appearance last night.
As the frights came to a climax at Fallon’s new Tonightmares attraction at the Rockefeller Center in New York, the royal could be seen shouting “Jesus, f**k!”
It is the latest appearance without wife Meghan Markle, amid suggestions he is keen on a UK return but she’s not.
In one comedy moment of the skit on NBC, which lasted almost three minutes, an actress playing a zombie failed to recognise Harry.
After he passed her by she was shown asking a colleague: “Who was that?”
At another point in the segment Harry joked that one of the other actors looked like his Canadian crooner pal Michael Bublé.
While in New York, Harry also delivered a speech at the Clinton Global Initiative 2024 summit.
He highlighted the launch of the Archewell Foundation Parent’s Network, which is aimed at supporting parents as their children navigate online spaces.
During his speech, Prince Harry shared that his phone lock screen is of Archie and Lilibet as he delivered an emotional message on the importance of protecting children from the online world.