Royal fans claim Venus Williams snubbed Prince Harry at ESPYs after she failed to join standing ovation and didn’t clap when Duke was called on stage to collect his award

Fans have gone wild over a video allegedly showing Prince Harry being snubbed by Venus Williams at the ESPYs.

Royal watchers took to X to claim the tennis legend, 44 – who is the sister of Meghan Markle’s good friend Serena Williams – failed to stand up or clap for the royal when he received his Pat Tillman Award at the glitzy Los Angeles ceremony on Thursday night.

Royal watchers took to X to claim the tennis legend, 44 – who is the sister of Meghan Markle’s good friend Serena Williams – failed to stand up or clap for the royal when he received his Pat Tillman Award at the glitzy Los Angeles ceremony on Thursday night.

The Duke of Sussex accepted the award – which is named after Pat Tillman, an NFL player who gave up his lucrative American football career to enlist in the army following 9/11 – despite calls from Pat’s mother, Mary, and other veterans to reject it.

In a video shared by ESPN on YouTube, Harry can be seen running up to the stage to collect his award, but while his wife and much of the crowd stood to applaud the Prince, Venus remained seated and was not seen clapping.

Later on in the clip, the sporting icon – who was recently honoured with her own Barbie doll – was seen standing up next to Meghan as Harry gave his speech.