Prince Harry to get 'first tattoo' on 'lower back' for special reason after making deal

Prince Harry joked he wanted a “lower back” or “a**” tattoo during a video with US music star Jelly Roll, as part of the build-up to the in Canada.

In the sketch, filmed at tattoo parlour East Side Ink, the country singer and rapper jokes that the has agreed to be given his first tattoo. In the video, posted on , Harry is first seen sitting in a chair, waiting for his “artist” to arrive.

“Is he going to be here any time soon?” Harry, 40, asks before being told: “Oh, yes. He should be here very promptly.” Moments later, Jelly Roll, whose real name is Jason Bradley DeFord, walked in and put on a pair of black gloves.

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“Hey, hey. Tattoos. Speaking of, what’s up man?” the country singer, 39, says to the royal. “I’m such a fan, dude,” Jelly Roll added while shaking Harry’s hand.

“Do you know I could not believe it when they called me and told wanted to get a tattoo today and he wanted me to give him his first tattoo?” The Prince then asks the Wild Ones hitmaker why he was wearing a glove. “We’re giving you a tattoo about the Invictus Games,” Jelly Roll says.

Harry tells the singer that he didn’t come to the shop to get new ink but to instead ask him to “do the Invictus Games,” which are set to take place in Vancouver in February. “There’s no tattoo in this. I can’t get a tattoo,” the Duke insisted.

But Jelly Roll wasn’t going to give in so easily. “I’ll play the Invictus Games,” he said, “if you let me give you your first tattoo.” Harry then shrugged saying, “Alright, screw it. Let’s go.”

The Prince then pointed to his backside. “Where do you want it? Here?” When Jelly Roll suggested Harry go for a neck tattoo, the royal upped the stakes. “I was thinking like, my lower back or my a**," he said.

“Nobody wants to see that,” the singer replied, unimpressed. “Exactly,” Harry grinned. “That’s the place where no one’s going to see it.”

Harry travelled solo to launch the programme for the event, due to be held in Vancouver and Whistler in February. Harry, a former British Army captain, launched the Invictus Games in 2014 as an international sports tournament for injured and wounded service personnel and veterans.

In February, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex officially kicked off the countdown to the 2025 winter games at an event in Whistler. The games will feature the debut of winter sports including Nordic skiing, wheelchair curling, snowboarding and alpine skiing. The full line-up for the closing ceremony will be announced on Wednesday.