Prince Harry closed a £1 billion deal on a financial trading floor today as part of a charity event for 9/11 victims.
The Duke of Sussex helped raise thousands of pounds for charity including his Invictus Games Foundation as he attended the 15th annual BGC Charity Day at Canary Wharf in London.
Armed with three phones as traders barked orders at him, the 34-year-old royal kept his cool and managed to seal the £1billion transaction, which is estimated to have raised £50,000.
The Duke of Sussex talks on two phones during the 15th BGC annual charity day at Canary Wharf in London this morning
Prince Harry representing Invictus as he attends the BGC Charity Day at One Churchill Place in Canary Wharf today
Armed with three phones as traders barked orders at him, the royal kept his cool and managed to seal a £1billion transaction
The Duke of Sussex helped raise thousands of pounds for charity including his Invictus Games Foundation at the event
Harry closed a £1 billion deal on the financial trading floor this morning as part of a charity event for 9/11 victims
The Duke of Sussex joined competitors in speaking to a number of clients to close deals over the phone today
Harry worked under the guidance of brokers while attending the BGC Charity Day at One Churchill Place this morning
The Duke of Sussex took to the trading floor today to try to seal deals with clients as part of a charity day
The Duke met former Invictus Games competitors in Canary Wharf before moving to the trading floor today
Harry is at the 15th annual BGC Charity Day held by BGC Partners to commemorate the victims of 9/11 in New York in 2001
The Duke tried to seal deals with clients as part of a charity day to honour those killed in the September 11 attacks
A portion of revenue from the day's trades will go to the Invictus Games Foundation, of which Harry is a patron
The Duke of Sussex, representing Invictus, attends the BGC Charity Day in Canary Wharf this morning
Today's visit to BGC Partners is the second of two engagements for Harry in support of the foundation this week
It comes five years since the opening ceremony of the first Invictus Games in London in September 2014
The Duke was one of a host of celebrities including comic Jimmy Carr, Game Of Thrones star Kit Harrington, London Mayor Sadiq Khan and former England football manager Sam Allardyce taking part in the BGC charity day.
Also present at One Churchill Place was former prime minister Tony Blair, sports presenter Gabby Logan, model Abbey Clancy, singer Cheryl, Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden and England cricketer Eoin Morgan.
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The event staged by BGC Partners brokerage at its offices commemorated 658 Cantor Fitzgerald staff and 61 EuroBrokers employees who died in the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York on September 11, 2001.
The Duke met former Invictus Games competitors before moving to the trading floor where, under the guidance of brokers, he joined competitors in speaking to a number of clients to close deals over the phone.
Cheryl gets some advice from a trader as she takes part in the 15th BGC annual charity day at Canary Wharf in London today
Tony Blair attends the annual charity day hosted by Cantor Fitzgerald, BGC and GFI in Canary Wharf today
Britain's Got Talent judge Amanda Holden, representing Battersea Dogs and Cats, makes a trade at the charity day today
Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch laugh as the attend the BGC Charity Day at One Churchill Place in London this morning
Rapper Common (left) and Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory (right) at the charity day in Canary Wharf today
Sports presenter Gabby Logan takes a call during the charity day at BGC Partners in London this morning
Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington on the phone during the 15th BGC annual charity day at Canary Wharf in London today
Blake Harrison from Channel 4 comedy The Inbetweeners represents Evelina at the BGC Charity Day this morning
Donna Air and Natalie Appleton (left) andEngland World Cup-winning cricket captain Eoin Morgan (right) at the event
Dad's Army and Star Wars Rogue One actor Daniel Mays takes a call during the charity day this morning
Graeme Swann and Natalie Pinkham laugh as they attend the BGC Charity Day at One Churchill Place this morning
Model Abbey Clancy, representing Children with Cancer, is advised by a trader while she attends the charity day today
Stephen K. Amos (second left) and charity day staff are shown a magic trick during the event in London today
ModelAbbey Clancy (left) and actor Kit Harrington (right) get involved in the BGC charity day this morning
Natalie Pinkham puts her feet up during the 15th BGC annual charity day at Canary Wharf in London this morning
At the Gilts desk, which trades in Government debt, Harry completed the huge trade under the watchful eye of Ryder Brown, co-head of the department, who said he had closed a £1billion trade in ten-year Gilts.
He added: 'I thought he was excellent. It was very nerve-wracking but he handled the pressure well and closed the trade.
'That was the hard bit, to close the trade. He picked the telephone up and managed to do it - it's like old-style trading.'
A portion of revenue from the day's trades will go to the Invictus Games Foundation, of which Harry is a patron.
Eoin Morgan, representing Chance To Shine, is shown the ropes on the trading floor at the BGC Charity Day this morning
Cheryl (left) and Kirsty Gallacher, Gabby Logan and Beverley Knight (right), representing Muscular Dystrophy UK, at the event
Cheryl, representing The Prince's Trust, attends the BGC Charity Day at One Churchill Place in London today
Alan Carr (left) represents Neuroblastoma at the charity day (left), which was also attended by Dr Ranj Singh (right)
(From left) Abbey Clancy, a trader and Peter Crouch laugh together as they work the phones at the charity day this morning
Gabby Logan, Kenny Logan and Doddie Weir with BGC Charity Day staff in Canary Wharf this morning
Former England football manager Sam Allardyce is also at the 15th BGC annual charity day at Canary Wharf in London today
Jimmy Carr holds a phone during the 15th BGC annual charity day at Canary Wharf in London this morning
England cricketer Monty Panesar during the 15th BGC annual charity day at Canary Wharf in London
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks on the phone during the 15th BGC annual charity day at Canary Wharf in London today
A stunt cyclist perfoms during the 15th BGC annual charity day at Canary Wharf in London this morning
Jimmy Carr (left) and Alan Carr (right) during the 15th BGC annual charity day at Canary Wharf in London this morning
Prince Harry attended a reception yesterday to celebrate the anniversary of the Invictus Games at Guildhall in London
It is the second of two engagements in support of the foundation after Harry attended a reception to celebrate the anniversary of the Invictus Games at Guildhall in London yesterday.
The event marked five years since the opening ceremony of the first Invictus Games in London in September 2014, where more than 400 competitors from 13 nations competed.
Since then the Invictus Games have taken place in Orlando in 2016, Toronto in September 2017 and Sydney in October 2018.
The Hague will host the fifth Invictus Games next May. The Invictus Games was created by Harry after a visit to the Warrior Games in 2013.
