Prince Harry pounds London pavements with homeless youngsters

Saphora Smith27 January 2017

Prince Harry worked up a sweat as he pounded the pavements with homeless youngsters on London streets.

Harry, pictured wearing running tights, shorts, and a tight-fitted top, jogged around Willesden Green in north-west London with young people and volunteers from The Running Charity.

The organisation uses sport to develop life skills and has been working with some residents from a hostel founded by the Depaul charity, which supports the homeless and disadvantaged.

The Prince's 17-minute jog saw him spring along leafy residential roads as stunned bystanders recognised him.

Prince Harry jogs around north-west with a group of homeless youngsters 
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Claude Umuhire, 26, a programme officer with the charity, took the runners through a strenuous warm-up session then led the more gentle run.

He said about Harry after everyone had recovered: "He didn't find any of it hard, I think he's been training just for today. He found everything easy.

"I tried to get him in the warm-up but he did pretty well, he kept giving me looks though every time I said five squats."

Prince Harry squats during a warm up session
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He added: "There was a woman who was pulling out of her driveway then she realised who he was and she drove in front of us and started taking pictures of him.

"And as we were leaving, there was a guy at the traffic lights who looked across and did a double take - the joy in his face it was so funny, his eyes just opened up, he was so happy."

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