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Prince Harry’s Hand Gesture: What Does It Mean?

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Blanca Cobb, M.S. Psy, Body Language Expert

HEAVY – For years, the cameras have captured Prince Harry using a strange hand gesture, in which he tucks his hand inside his coat or suit jacket, or lays it right on top of it, covering his abdomen.

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“Prince Harry’s arm placed across his abdomen serves as a barrier to separate or distance himself from something that he makes him uncomfortable,” said Blanca Cobb, body language expert and author of Methods of the Masters, to Good Housekeeping. “In this case, it could be having photos taken.”

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