Alison Hammond’s Prince Harry Interview On This Morning Was A Moment Of Pure Joy

Considering just how much joy she’s brought to us over the years, we’re not taking it lightly when we say that Alison Hammond’s latest interview with Prince Harry may be one of the finest TV moments she’s ever been responsible for.

On Friday morning, the This Morning host interviewed King Charles’ youngest son on location in her hometown of Birmingham, where the Duke of Sussex was launching the Invictus Games ahead of their arrival in the city next year.

To kick off the live broadcast, she and Prince Harry took part in a round of “laser run” that was every bit as chaotic as it sounds, but it end with Alison grabbing a hug from the Duke and jumping up and down with him to celebrate his win (chucking royal protocol out the window in a way only a select few besides the Bake Off host could get away with).

As the broadcast continued, Alison declared that she’d “tracked down” Prince Harry and was also able to grab an extended interview with him live on air.

“I am excited,” he said of the Invictus Games’ impending arrival in Birmingham. “Not as excited as you were – and still are. It’s alright! You’re very excitable, and I love that. Everyone loves that about you.”

“He just touched my neck!” she then whispered to viewers, getting a laugh out of the sporting event’s founding patron.

“By the way,” he confessed. “My kids love you on Bake Off. Absolutely love it. And I love it as well.”

Alison and Prince Harry’s paths first crossed way back in 2018, during his and his then-fiancée Meghan Markle’s first public engagement.

“I don’t know if I’m going to go down the whole royal journalist route,” she admitted to HuffPost UK shortly afterwards, claiming: “I just don’t know the protocol. I called her Megs and I don’t think I even called him Prince Harry. I should have said ‘Prince’ but I forgot. He’s just ‘Harry’ to me!”

More recently, Prince Harry surprised everyone when he lip synced to one of Alison’s iconic quotes in a viral social media skit for Stephen Colbert’s now-defunct US talk show.

“They found out that I was one of your secret admirers,” Harry told Alison on Friday.

“And I follow your every move. They said, ‘who do you want to imitate?’, and I said, ‘obviously Alison’. So we did that! And by the way, it was a huge hit!”

This Morning airs every weekday from 10am on ITV1.