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#DoItLikeHarry - from viral Twickenham mascot to England U18s prospect

BBC News·@Bbc·2 months ago
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Harry Westlake is a student at Exeter College and is planning to attend the city's university to do a degree in sports coaching, alongside his rugby Eleven years ago, a young Harry Westlake went viral. After winning a competition to be an England mascot, he spent the days running up to England's meeting with Italy learning the words to the national anthem. Standing in front of then England captain Chris Robshaw, the six-year-old certainly took his chance. Fist clenched over his heart, Westlake belted out God Save the Queen with such gusto, that images were shared widely across the internet, spawning a hashtag #DoItLikeHarry. A couple of days later, a little more tired and quiet, Harry was interviewed on BBC Breakfast. Midway through the chat, presenter Naga Munchetty asked him: "One day will we see you on the pitch singing as one of the players?" This April, we just might.…

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