Tauranga's Sir Gordon Tietjens had no idea he was sitting with royalty when he posed for a photo at the Commonwealth Games on Monday night.
The photo of Prince Harry 'photobombing' the New Zealand sporting greats went viral yesterday on social media and international news websites.
The New Zealand rugby sevens coach said he was blown away with surprise when he reviewed the photo taken of himself, Deputy chef de mission Trevor Shailer and sport psychologist Gary Hermansson to discover Prince Harry grinning with both thumbs up in the background.
Mr Tietjens had rushed in to the corporate seating area to catch the swimming finals and was not at all aware of the prince sitting only two rows behind him along with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate.
"One of the guys wanted to take a photo of us, and it wasn't until I looked at the photo I saw Prince Harry was there in the background.