Harry and Meghan enjoy Texas BBQ while joking about 'royal' portrait

09 March 2024 , 07:18

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The royal couple took photos with various staff members

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were seen at a Texas barbecue after speaking at the SXSW conference on International Women's Day as Harry joked about posing with "royal" portrait

Meghan was a panelist alongside Brooke Shields, Katie Couric, author and sociologist Nancy Wang Yuen, and moderator Errin Haines during the SXSW Conference, which brought the couple to the city. During the International Women's Day panel discussion, "Breaking Barriers, Shaping Narratives: How Women Lead On and Off the Screen," Prince Harry was seated among the women.

After the event, the pair went to La Barbecue. Their visit was arranged in advance. Meghan informed Director of Operations Cory Rivademar that she intended to stop by. However, the staff was unaware that Harry would be dropping in as well.

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The staff was unaware that Prince Harry would be accompanying Meghan

After entering, they took a tour of the pits with Frankie, the pit guy, and joked about how hot it was outside, "which is ironic considering that this is Texas and the weather can get considerably hotter than it does now." Since the restaurant was still open to the public, Rivademar claims that they ordered brisket and sausages and that they were "absolutely lovely" while posing for photos with the staff and other customers.

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She claims that Prince Harry liked a mural of British rock star Freddie Mercury in the costume of Queen Elizabeth that was next to a genderneutral restroom. He would often remark, "We should take a picture in front of this." The owner and operator of la Barbecue, Allison Clem, also known by her stage name Ali, reportedly responded to Rivademar in jest, stating, "I think you are in enough trouble as it is," to which he chuckled, according to PEOPLE.

Prince Harry fancied a mural of British rock star Freddie Mercury in the costume of Queen Elizabeth

After the couple departed, according to Rivademar, she received a text from Meghan's reps stating that the BBQ was the finest they had ever had.

According to Rivademar, they appeared content, kind, and exquisite. She mentioned how their child enjoyed the recently released Disney film Wish, describing them as a "very genuine and very loving, happy couple." It was said that they were friendly to those who had no idea what was going on.

Meghan was open on Friday's panel about the help she's gotten from her "incredible partner." "I'm fortunate in that, among the privileges I have in my life, I have an incredible partner," Meghan said. "My husband is such a hands-on dad and such a supporter of me and my family. That I don't take for granted. That is a real blessing," she said, noting that he is “such a supporter of me and my family."

When the Duchess of Sussex was expecting her son Prince Archie, 4, and daughter Princess Lilibet, 2, on social media, it seemed that Harry's affection caused her to endure the greatest hatred.

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