--- title: Prince Harry Has Hole in His Shoe on Meghan Markle's Birthday description: The Prince had a giant hole in his shoe, but didn't seem bothered in the least canonical: https://time.com/5359514/prince-harry-shoe-hole/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-07T14:18:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T07:41:40.216Z og:title: Prince Harry Has a Very Relatable Hole in His Shoe og:description: He didn't seem bothered in the least og:url: https://time.com/5359514/prince-harry-shoe-hole/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e298a2ee48a5a8d/698937307cdbac749ad5d99c/princeharryholeinshoe.jpg?branch=production&width=578&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 578 og:image:height: 325 og:image:alt: Charlie Van Straubenzee Wedding og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Prince Harry Has a Very Relatable Hole in His Shoe twitter:description: He didn't seem bothered in the least twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e298a2ee48a5a8d/698937307cdbac749ad5d99c/princeharryholeinshoe.jpg?branch=production&width=578&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Perfect Royal Couple Status Nearly Compromised By Gaping Hole in Prince Harry's Fancy Shoe > Sponsored content. 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The newly-minted Duke and Duchess of Sussex were attending the nuptials of the prince’s childhood best friend Charlie van Straubenzee to videographer Daisy Jenks at a beautiful location in Frensham, Surrey. While the royal couple looked chic in their perfectly-tailored outfits (Markle wore an eye-catching Club Monaco dress and Philip Treacy hat), eagle-eyed royal watchers spotted a telling flaw. Specifically, Prince Harry had a noticeably large hole on the bottom of his brogues. Apparently the [prince](http://time.com/5315903/meghan-markle-royal-ascot/) is like us commoners and decided to wear a pair of shoes more than once before chucking them in the trash. Luckily, what the _Daily Mail_ has dubbed [“Harry’s shoe shocker”](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-6032995/SEBASTIAN-SHAKESPEARE-Prince-Harry-best-man-guests-spot-HOLE-left-shoe.html), didn’t upstage the bride and groom or even his wife’s ensemble (or her own “[wardrobe malfunction](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/a22645888/meghan-markle-bra-wardrobe-malfunction/)”). Luckily, the Prince’s shabbiness was limited to his left shoe, and wasn’t visible while Harry, the groom’s best man, gave a speech at the reception—and also wasn’t visible to anyone who has better things to worry about than the state of [Prince Harry](http://time.com/5322056/prince-william-holocaust-memorial-israel/)’s soles. > [](https://twitter.com/missjemg/status/1026694539761905664) > [](https://twitter.com/mf365/status/1026721680134234112) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5359514/prince-harry-shoe-hole/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5359514/prince-harry-shoe-hole/"},"headline":"Perfect Royal Couple Status Nearly Compromised By Gaping Hole in Prince Harry's Fancy Shoe","datePublished":"2018-08-07T14:18:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-13T07:41:40.216Z","description":"The Prince had a giant hole in his shoe, but didn't seem bothered in the least","url":"https://time.com/5359514/prince-harry-shoe-hole/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Royal Family"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e298a2ee48a5a8d/698937307cdbac749ad5d99c/princeharryholeinshoe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6e298a2ee48a5a8d/698937307cdbac749ad5d99c/princeharryholeinshoe.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Charlie Van Straubenzee Wedding","caption":"Charlie Van Straubenzee Wedding","creditText":"Mark Cuthbert—UK Press via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5359514/prince-harry-shoe-hole/","name":"Perfect Royal Couple Status Nearly Compromised By Gaping Hole in Prince Harry's Fancy Shoe"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Meghan Markle Steps Out with Prince Harry on Her Birthday to Celebrate a Friend's Wedding","description":"Meghan Markle is surrounded by lots of love on her birthday","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/VYroJNdu/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-08-07T18:18:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/VYroJNdu.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5359514/prince-harry-shoe-hole/","duration":"PT36S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5359514/prince-harry-shoe-hole/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```