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| Prince Harry taking on rugby role | Prince Harry taking on rugby role |
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| Prince Harry has become vice-patron of England's Rugby Football Union (RFU) at the team's match with Wales in the Six Nations tournament. | |
| Harry also became patron of the RFU's Injured Players' Foundation. | |
| Before the game at Twickenham, in London, he and brother Prince William met eight servicemen who were injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. | |
| William was named vice-patron of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in 2007. The Queen is patron of the RFU and WRU. | William was named vice-patron of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in 2007. The Queen is patron of the RFU and WRU. |
| Prince Harry has already worked with the RFU on its community rugby programme during his gap year. | Prince Harry has already worked with the RFU on its community rugby programme during his gap year. |
| The injured service personnel the princes will meet have all been treated at Headley Court in Surrey or Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham. | The injured service personnel the princes will meet have all been treated at Headley Court in Surrey or Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham. |
| RFU president John Owen said he was "delighted" that Harry was had become to become vice-patron. | |
| "His support for the RFU Injured Players' Foundation will be invaluable in helping those seriously injured playing the game," Mr Owen added. | "His support for the RFU Injured Players' Foundation will be invaluable in helping those seriously injured playing the game," Mr Owen added. |
| The two princes met players on both sides before the match, which marks 100 years since the first international at Twickenham. |