Harry and Meghan spotted laughing and smiling at LA basketball …
Harry and Meghan's kisscam moment: Sussexes burst out in laughter as Duke leans in for a kiss when they appear on big screen at LA basketball game in first public appearance since it emerged Duchess won't be at coronation
Published: 06:37, 25 April 2023 | Updated: 07:02, 25 April 2023
Meghan and Harry joined stars at the NBA basketball last night - but despite her husband's enthusiasm, the giggling former Suits star declined a kiss when they appeared on the big screen in front of 20,000 fans.
In their first public appearance together for months, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex appeared to be on a date night as they watched the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Memphis Grizzlies in game four of the NBA playoffs.
The royal couple, who will not be going to the Coronation together next month, were all smiles in a box at the Crypto.com Arena, where they appeared on the jumbotron at the the Crypto.com Arena in downtown LA.
Thousands began clapping and cheering, encouraging them to kiss. Harry then appeared to lean in for a smooch but his wife laughed and grabbed his arm instead of bowing to the crowd. Harry then pulled a comical grimace.
Their night out comes after Meghan broke cover to introduce her photographer friend Misan Harriman in a video ahead of his Ted Talk.
Her appearance came after the duchess hit back at claims she is dodging the Coronation because she believes the Royal Family failed to tackle its 'unconscious bias' before the Sussexes left for the US.
Meghan is seen laughing as Harry leans in towards her
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were spotted laughing and smiling in their first public appearance since it emerged that Prince Harry would be attending the King's Coronation without his wife
Meghan is clapping as Harry stares intently during the third quarter of the NBA playoffs round
The Duchess of Sussex's spokesman said she is not thinking about 'conversations from four years ago' having reportedly written to King Charles following the explosive interview she and Harry gave to Oprah Winfrey in March 2021, when they claimed a senior royal had 'concerns' about how 'dark' their unborn son Archie's skin would be.
Meghan had reportedly written to Charles in response to a letter he had sent to her.
She wrote of unconscious bias but said the comment about Archie's skin was not made with malice.
But a source told the Daily Telegraph that the duchess would not attend the Coronation on May 6 because she received an unsatisfactory response from the King.
But in a statement to US magazine Harper's Bazaar, press secretary Ashley Hansen insisted: 'The Duchess of Sussex is going about her life in the present, not thinking about correspondence from two years ago related to conversations from four years ago.
'Any suggestion otherwise is false and frankly ridiculous.
We encourage tabloid media and various royal correspondents to stop the exhausting circus that they alone are creating.'
Omid Scobie, the Sussexes' preferred royal reporter, was the first to post the statement from Meghan's press team.