Arlene Foster congratulates wrong prince on engagement

The leader of the DUP congratulated the wrong prince on his engagement to the Meghan Markle.

Arlene Foster sent a tweet sending her best wishes to Prince William on popping the question to the US actress.

Realising her error the politician then swiftly deleted the tweet and changed her message to congratulate Prince Harry.

But she still misspelled the name of his bride-to-be, accidentally dropping the letter ‘h’ from her name Meghan.

The mistake, which came after weeks of rumours that Harry was about the announce his engagement, is an embarrassing gaffe for the politician.

Prince William got married to Kate Middleton – who became the Duchess of Cambridge – back int 2011.

DUP leader Arlene Foster, pictured at her party’s conference in Belfast on Saturday, made the embarrassing gaffe this morning

Arlene Foster accidentally congratulated the wrong prince on his engagement this morning - sending a tweet sending her best wishes to Prince William rather than Prince Harry 

Arlene Foster accidentally congratulated the wrong prince on his engagement this morning – sending a tweet sending her best wishes to Prince William rather than Prince Harry 

But many eagle-eyed Twitter users were quick to spot the mistake and point it out online. 

Mrs Foster, whose DUP party is propping Theresa May up in No10, was among a host of politicians who scrambled to send their congratulations at news of the royal engagement.

She later apologised for the mistake – blaming a member of staff for making the error.

She wrote on Twitter: ‘Apologies to TRHs Princes William & Harry for tweet error on my account earlier. I stopped tweeting personally a long time ago. 

‘Genuine typo by a member of staff. Guilty of tweeting too fast. There goes any chance of an invite!! 🙂 AF.’

Mrs May said: ‘I would like to offer my very warmest congratulations to HRH Prince Harry and Meghan Markle upon their engagement.

‘This is a time of huge celebration and excitement for two people in love and, on behalf of myself, the Government and the country, I wish them great happiness for the future.’

Arlene Foster apologised for the error  saying a member of staff made the mistake on her account

Arlene Foster apologised for the error  saying a member of staff made the mistake on her account

Prince Harry announced this morning that he is a to tie the knot with his US girlfriend Meghan Markle - who he is pictured with enjoying the Invictus Games in September

Prince Harry announced this morning that he is a to tie the knot with his US girlfriend Meghan Markle – who he is pictured with enjoying the Invictus Games in September

Downing Street said it was unable to comment on whether the Royal Wedding would mean US President Donald Trump visiting Britain, insisting it was too early into the engagement to think about a guest list.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also wished the newly engaged couple well as he spoke at a rally in Scotland today.

But the crowd of Corbynistas who had gone to the rally to hear him speak booed when a journalist asked him about the engagement.

Mr Corbyn – a staunch republican – said: ‘My congratulations to Harry and Meghan. I wish them well. hope they have a great time and great fun together and having met harry a couple of times I’m sure they are going to have a great deal of fun together.

‘What I would also like to say is that I do really admire the way that harry and his brother have drawn attention to mental health conditions all across the country.

Prince William tied the knot with Kate Middleton in 2011 in a massive royal wedding in front of thousands of well-wishers and the rolling cameras broadcasting to the world

Prince William tied the knot with Kate Middleton in 2011 in a massive royal wedding in front of thousands of well-wishers and the rolling cameras broadcasting to the world

‘I wish them well, thank him for what he’s done for mental health and hope they have a great life together.’

And Mrs Foster was not the only one to  make an embarrassing gaffe as news of the royal engagement broke.

The BBC were left red-faced today after producers made a subtitle gaffe claiming Mr Corbyn was praising ‘Harry and Hezbollah’ as he welcomed news of the royal engagement.

The broadcaster cut to the Labour leader congratulating Prince Harry on the news he is to tie the know with Americana actress Meghan Markle.

Mr Corbyn was praising the work which ‘Harry and his brother’ have done for mental health – but the BBC mistranslated it as ‘Harry and Hezbollah’ – the banned terror group.  

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