Harry and Meghan greet Yankees, Red Sox players

Scottie Andrew and Nadeem Muaddi, CNN
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by Scottie Andrew and Nadeem Muaddi, CNN

Baseball royalty met real-life royalty Saturday when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle greeted players from the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex greeted both teams just ahead of game one of their two-game series in London, the first in Major League Baseball to be played in the UK.

The royal pair, both dressed in team-neutral black, visited the Red Sox’s temporary clubhouse first, where they were gifted a red team onesie and matching miniature baseball bat for their month-old son Archie.

Meghan generously accepted a hug from outfielder Mookie Betts, who’s believed to be her distant relative — a Boston Globe reporter traced their lineage back to the