Britain’s Prince William paid a sombre visit to Israel’s Holocaust memorial on Tuesday then took part in a seaside soccer game, tasting two of the country’s many faces.
Wearing an open-necked shirt and sunglasses, he strolled along the sunny Mediterranean shoreline in Tel Aviv chatting with surfers about marine pollution.
“Beautiful beach, I should have brought my swimsuit,” he remarked.
In the mixed Jaffa neighbourhood, he joined Arab and Jewish youngsters in a football kick-about organised by the Peres Centre for Peace in a programme to encourage inter-communal understanding, scoring penalties against a 13-year-old goalkeeper.
He waved to a group of women outside the sports ground who called through the fence, “Prince William we love you, we love Diana,” referring to his late mother.
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Source: Seychelles News Agency
