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Prince Harry Won’T Bow To Sponsor’S Demands

England’s victory inwards the Rugby World Cup concluding was a mixed approbation for the team’s shirt sponsors, telecoms fellowship 02. The team’s victory was a boost for the company, only the most high-profile England supporter at the event, that telegenic teenager, heavily-photographed as well as much-filmed Prince Harry, wasn’t wearing the correct squad shirt. The shirt, which Prince Harry refused to change, was an old model bearing 02’s onetime name, BT Cellnet. The sponsors saw Prince Harry wearing the "wrong" shirt at England's other matches as well as tried everything to persuade him to ditch it for the latest version, consummate alongside the O2 logo. They sent him several novel jerseys as well as fifty-fifty enlisted the help of the Rugby Football Union, their £8 meg commercial partner. The Prince, however, was having none of it: his old shirt was a acquaint from England star as well as match-winner Jonny Wilkinson and was, every bit His Highness position it, a lucky shirt since England e'er won when he wore it.

A senior managing director alongside 02 is reported every bit saying: "It's real disappointing for us because the Prince has attracted worldwide media attending on idiot box as well as on the forepart pages of newspapers, only the commercial value for us has been zero. We sent the Prince a few novel shirts only he wanted to wearable what he considered to last his lucky shirt. England did win the World Cup, as well as hence possibly it was a lucky shirt after all”. H5N1 spokesman for the Rugby Football Union added: "We tried to teach him to change, only wearing Jonny Wilkinson's old shirt is his agency of supporting the team. If he wants to wearable Cellnet nosotros can't halt him. Royalty are non going to last commercial". 02’s disappointment was compounded past times the fact that its opportunities to capitalise on its sponsorship inwards Commonwealth of Australia had already been severely curtailed. The World Cup organisers banned teams from wearing sponsors' logos on their shirts as well as insisted on "clean" stadiums to avoid "commercial clutter". Under the tournament rules, no sponsor other than an official commercial partner was allowed to advertise inside 500 yards of whatever of the grounds, piece squad logos were banned from preparation pitches as well as fifty-fifty the clothing worn past times players every bit they move to a match.

, non known every bit a swell royalist, has some sympathy alongside the prince. Since English linguistic communication teams produce non unremarkably win anything through their ain efforts, it must last assumed that the wearing of the incorrect shirt was the argue why the squad won. On a legal note, at that spot is no footing upon which 02 could compel anyone to abandon the role of shirts bearing its onetime fellowship cry as well as logo, notwithstanding the fact that such role may displace confusion or undermine the value of the afterward cry as well as logo.

Lucky shirts here, here and here
Some other prominent imperial Henries here: Henry V, Henry VII as well as Henry VIII

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