--- 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: 2026-04-13T07:54:11.962Z 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Perfect Royal Couple Status Nearly Compromised By Gaping Hole in Prince Harry's Fancy Shoe by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 7, 2018 2:18 PM UTC  FRENSHAM, ENGLAND - AUGUST 04: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, is seen with a hole in his shoe attends the wedding of Charlie Van Straubenzee and Daisy Jenks on August 4, 2018 in Frensham, United Kingdom. Prince Harry attended the same prep school as Charlie van Straubenzee and have been good friends ever since. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images) FRENSHAM, ENGLAND - AUGUST 04: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, is seen with a hole in his shoe attends the wedding of Charlie Van Straubenzee and Daisy Jenks on August 4, 2018 in Frensham, United Kingdom. Prince Harry attended the same prep school as Charlie van Straubenzee and have been good friends ever since. (Photo by Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images)Mark Cuthbert—UK Press via Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Aug 7, 2018 2:18 PM UTC Newlyweds Prince Harry and [Meghan Markle](http://time.com/5328197/meghan-markle-polo-harry/) attended a wedding over the weekend and showed their relatable side in the process. 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) ```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":"2026-04-13T07:54:11.962Z","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"}}]}] ```