Prince Harry photobombs selfie including  New Zealand sevens rugby coach Sir Gordon Tietjens at Commonwealth Games

• Prince Harry was seen putting his thumbs up in the picture
  
• The Prince was watching the 800m women's freestyle in Glasgow
  
• Harry posed for pictures with members of the Australian hockey side
  

By David Kent

Published: 03:45 EST, 29 July 2014 | Updated: 04:30 EST, 30 July 2014

Prince Harry has joined a growing list of celebrities who have featured in a selfie during the last couple of months with the growing craze now extending to members of The Royal Family.

The Prince, who attended the 800m women's freestyle, photobombed New Zealand Commonwealth Games officials during his time at the swimming event.

Harry looked in buoyant mood during the Games - and even gave a cheeky thumbs to the camera when he was in the background of a selfie taken by New Zealand rugby sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens, Sport Manawatu chief executive Trevor Shailer and Massey University Professor Emeritus Gary Hermansson

The three men in the their black and white New Zealand team kits leaned in with their arms around each other as the Royal popped up in the background in a white shirt.

They were watching the 800m women's swimming freestyle in Glasgow on Monday night, which saw Welsh swimmer Jazz Carlin win gold.

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Cheeky: Prince Harry (back) photobombed the snap taken by New Zealand rugby sevens coach Sir Gordon Tietjens

A chuffed Trevor Shailer quickly changed the photo to his Facebook profile picture.

He wrote: 'Photo of the day.... A Royal photo bomb by Prince Harry with Titch (Sir Gordon) and Gary Hermansson at the Swimming venue tonight. Thanks to Bev Hari for taking the pic...fun times supporting our athletes at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games!'

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were also at the event with Harry at the Tollcross Swimming Centre in the Scottish city's east.

Harry's move comes after Queen Elizabeth inadvertently photobombed a selfie between Hockeyroo players Jayde Taylor and teammate Brooke Peris on Thursday.

They took the picture, which showed the Queen peering into the photo in the background, before their opening match of the Commonwealth Games against Malaysia, at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre.

Royal photobomb: The Queen appeared in the background of a selfie taken by two players from the Australian women's hockey team

After Mr Shailer posted the photo as his profile picture on Facebook, he was inundated with comments from friends

The royal seemed thrilled to be introduced to the triumphant athletes at the Glasgow National Hockey centre, and posed for photographs with the Aussie team, nicknamed the Hockeyroos.

Despite England's loss, Harry, 29, seemed in a jovial mood and smiled as he mingled with the players, who are favourites to win gold in the games, having taken the top spot in Delhi in 2010 and Melbourne in 2006.

Royal welcome: Members of the Australian hockey team - or the Hockeyroos - smile as Harry seems to crack a joke after their victory in Glasgow

Posed up: Members of the team, which beat England 3-0 today and are favourites to take home a gold medal for their performance

After shaking hands with the winning players, Harry went on to pose for photographs with his arms around them.

The Prince, presumably in a gracious mood, also commiserated with the England team.

Jodie Kenny and Emily Smith, who between them scored their teams' goals, looked particularly thrilled in the aftermath of their victory.

The team took the royal visit as further proof of their world domination, later tweeting: 'Prince Harry is on board the #roovolution as meets @Anna_Flanagan and the girls after today's win over England' 

Giving some tips? The Australian team took home a gold medal at the games in Delhi in 2010 and Melbourne in 2006

Laughing along: Prince William, left, was also in the frame today meeting the players after their game against England

Happy days: The two princes smiled in the sunshine today as they shook hands and posed with players from both teams

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The game means Australia is safely through to the last four, securing the top place finish in Pool B with four wins from four and a goal record of 25 scored and 0 conceded.

England began brightly as birthday girl Susannah Townsend found Ellie Watton and tried to attack the goal, but were blocked by Australian keeper Rachael Lynch.

Two quick scores, however, had England on the back foot as first Kenny converted from a penalty corner on 17 minutes, before Smith capitalised on a mistake from captain Kate Richardson-Walsh shortly afterwards.

Maddie Hinch in the England goal was forced to save two shots from Kenny before the break, while Lily Owsley fired a shot just wide of the mark. 

A green card for Laura Unsworth proved costly 13 minutes into the second half as shortly after she left the field, Kenny slotted home from another short corner.

England kept pressing and earned two penalty corners of their own but on both occasions they couldn’t find the target – Sam Quek seeing an effort deflected behind.

Georgie Twigg also made her return for England after missing their last game against Malaysia through the injury she sustained in the opening game.

After the match, England coach Danny Kerry said: 'Australia were better than us defensively and offensively in both circles but I actually felt for large periods of the game we were playing the more constructive hockey.

'The reality is that we need to be much tougher in both circles and their corner execution was superior to ours today.'

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