A Royal fan who took a viral selfie with Prince William has told of his shock at the popularity of the photo - and said of the future King: "He's a very nice man."
The Prince of Wales held Leigh Stinchcombe's coffee mug and helped work his phone before posing for a selfie during a Royal visit to Sheffield on Tuesday.
His Royal Highness then patted Leigh gently on the shoulder and shook his hands in a touching moment captured by press snappers and seen worldwide.
Leigh, 33, said he didn't believe that Prince of Wales was actually going to be in the city at first.
But he was stunned to be able to shake his hand after queuing up to meet him at the city's Winter Garden, an urban glasshouse.
The Prince of Wales held Leigh Stinchcombe's coffee mug and helped work his phone before posing for a selfie during a Royal visit to Sheffield on Tuesday.
His Royal Highness then patted Leigh gently on the shoulder and shook his hands in a touching moment captured by press snappers and seen worldwide.
Leigh, 33, said he didn't believe that Prince of Wales was actually going to be in the city at first.
But he was stunned to be able to shake his hand after queuing up to meet him at the city's Winter Garden, an urban glasshouse.
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00:00 Have you got the picture on your phone you can show us at all?
00:02 Yes.
00:02 Nice.
00:03 [PAPER RUSTLING]
00:06 [CHUCKLES]
00:06 Hold it up for us.
00:07 [CHUCKLES]
00:10 It's a smashing picture.
00:11 That's great.
00:12 Yes.
00:14 One more time.
00:15 Would you say your name for camera, please?
00:16 My name is Lee Andrew Stinsco.
00:19 We're talking here today because yesterday you
00:21 got this pretty exceptional photo with Prince William
00:25 while he was visiting Sheffield.
00:27 So what happened yesterday?
00:28 Can you tell us what happened?
00:29 When I got into the Winter Gardens and I sat down
00:37 and the gentleman came over and shaked my hand, I was scared.
00:46 Somebody told me about it.
00:49 And I said, that's not right.
00:55 I think he will be coming to Sheffield.
01:00 I am not a really famous person.
01:04 All right.
01:05 Well, I suppose what was he like?
01:08 He was OK.
01:10 He was OK?
01:10 He was OK?
01:12 He was OK, yeah.
01:13 He was OK.
01:14 All right.
01:15 He was very, very, very nice to me.
01:18 I already put it on TikTok.
01:23 And I have got a lot of people liking it, liking the picture.
01:30 There's apparently this thing they're saying online
01:33 that the Royal Family previously have taken some
01:36 truck with selfies.
01:37 They've not normally bothered with them in the past.
01:39 But he was quite ready and willing to take one yesterday.
01:42 How does that feel?
01:43 It feels fantastic.
01:45 [BLANK_AUDIO]