Halloween is just about a month away, but Prince Harry got into the spooky season mood a bit early with an unexpected royal visit in his NYC itinerary. On Sept. 26, the Duke of Sussex traded royal speeches for a more playful appearance, joining Jimmy Fallon for a hilarious trip through a haunted maze.
Harry's stop to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon focused on visiting "Jimmy Fallon's Tonightmares," a new haunted attraction in Rockefeller Center—and while the duke enjoyed some scares in the maze, he also managed to shock some of its costumed performers.
Equipped with bodycams, Fallon and Prince Harry navigated a maze filled with "sinister characters" that bring the TV host's "nightmares to life," according to the attraction's website. But when they encountered a spooky rock band, it was the employees' turn to be surprised.
"Who was that?" one performer—who sat at a drum set—asked another costumed worker after Fallon and the duke walked away.
"Prince Harry!" the leather-clad actor replied, with the pair exchanging shocked open-mouth expressions as the first dramatically fanned herself.
As for the Duke of Sussex, he told Fallon "uh, not normally, but today might be different" when asked if he was "easily scared." However, the prince's expletive-filled reactions to the maze might have proven differently.
After being surprised by a zombie-like creature bursting through a door, the prince grabbed onto Fallon's chest, much to the amusement of viewers. "That actually got me," Fallon admitted.
Frightening encounters aside, the Duke of Sussex got down to some serious work while he was in New York City, taking on engagements with charities like The HALO Trust and The Diana Award during UN Climate Week.
He wrapped up his trip by discussing the challenges and opportunities that travel brings to global communities, discussing a real-life issue he finds more frightening than a haunted house.
During a 5-year-anniversary event for his non-profit Travalyst, the Duke of Sussex told the audience that "as a father of two" he finds the statistics around climate change "absolutely terrifying."
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