Prince Harry, 38, and his good friend Nacho Figueras, 46, travelled to Singapore to play a match of polo – a sport in which the Duke of Sussex excels.
After the game, which ended in a seven-seven draw, the Duke could be seen walking around on his own as he appeared unsure of what to do next.
When the team were presented with a trophy, Harry gripped onto it without letting anyone else hold it, except for his friend Mr Figueras.
Judi James, a professional body language expert, spoke exclusively to Express.co.uk to analyse the Duke’s body language after the Sentebale ISPS Handa Polo Cup.
She claimed: “Harry probably doesn’t have any body language for moments like this – when he is left alone, un-hosted and virtually ignored by the others at the event.
“As a royal, he would have been guaranteed to be the centre of attention in a group setting and used to getting admiring smiles of polite flattery when he was out at events, but that clearly isn’t a given now his royal status has gone.
“He looked awkward and appeared to dither, left to his own devices without even the adoring gaze from his wife to bathe in.
“He vied to gain attention via a small non-verbal joke, pretending to carry the award and buckling slightly under its weight.
“Even there though, he only seemed to gain the attention of some of the players while others ignored him and one even performed a cut-off gesture with his hand to his face as Harry walked off.”
The body language expert claimed Harry has had to get accustomed to things being done differently since his “royal status has gone”.
Judi explained: “Seeming to dither a little, Harry wiped his hands on his trousers before Nacho called out to him.
“Even then though he had to walk back to talk to his friend, rather than having friends and admirers come to him as they would have done in the past.
“The two men performed a ‘hand slap shake’ form of greeting. Their subsequent hug signalled friendship and machismo, but even that didn’t seem to impress the woman they were with, who was looking at her phone.
“After walking away again Harry seemed to adopt the role of litter-picker, appearing to pick a bottle up from the ground to place it on the table.
“Harry showed strong hints of his previous ability to get his own way though, when he grabbed the trophy and seemed reluctant to share it despite the win being a team effort.
“His pal Nacho looked happy to adopt a similarly playful, indulgent role that William often had in Harry’s life, making an initial gesture to share the trophy but then standing back and allowing his hands to drop when Harry made off with it.
“Even the commentator seemed to reference the reluctance to share, which might be a trait Harry has had since childhood.”
