STEPPING out of the makeshift boxing ring, seven-year-old Fenton Brady couldn't keep the smile from his face.
The youngster was one of four members of the KK Boxing club to chat to Prince Harry, who crouched next to the group to hear about their hobby.
"It was my first time to see any Prince in the world," said Fenton. "When I first saw him I wasn't expecting him in that costume. I thought he would be really royal, but then I realised why – he was coming to box so why would he wear his royal costume?
"He was the one who wanted to see how we train and I told him all about that.
"He told me about his brother and what his life has been about. He seemed really pleased to meet us."
Minutes before talking to the youngsters, Prince Harry sparred with Shabaz Baz, 11, and watched others take part in training exercises.
Marcellus Baz, who runs Carlton-based KK Boxing, said: "It went fantastically, the kids really enjoyed it and Harry was an amazing guy, really genuine like his mother.
"For me this has motivated me to do more and it's given me more strength to carry on doing what I'm doing."
KK Boxing was the final organisation Prince Harry met during his visit to Russell Youth Club, St Ann's.
Arriving to scores of schoolchildren and residents wearing union jack hats and waving flags, the Prince made his way inside to hear raps performed by pupils from Blue Bell Hill Primary School, in St Ann's.
Nodding his head in time with the music, the prince took time to chat to the schoolchildren before meeting people from education projects the Epic Partnership and Learn 2 Learn Comprehensive.
He then heard another performance by teenagers from the Community Recording Studio, in St Ann's. Trevor Rose, who runs the studio then took the Prince into the "heart of the centre" – the recording studio.
"It's such a great achievement to have Prince Harry come in here and make our home part of his," said Mr Rose. "The performances were amazing. For most of the youngsters it was their first one so to be able to do their debut in front of Prince Harry, there's nothing better and we are only going to go up from here."
Harry also signed a "tag", a graffiti-art version of his name, which artist Steven Dilks had been working on since 8am yesterday.
