Mickey Guyton said she curtsied in her tracksuit when she met Prince Harry after Super Bowl National Anthem performance
- Singer Mickey Guyton met Prince Harry while attending Super Bowl LVI in Inglewood, California.
- Guyton, 38, posted a photo with Prince Harry, 37, to her Instagram account on Monday.
Country singer Mickey Guyton met the Duke of Sussex at the Super Bowl.
Guyton, 38, attended Super Bowl LVI on Sunday to sing her rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" ahead of the game, but appeared shocked when she met an unexpected royal at SoFi Stadium.
Guyton and Prince Harry, 37, posed for a photo inside the stadium following her performance.
"I met Prince Harry. He was just lovely," Guyton wrote in the caption. "I even curtsied in my track suit."
Representatives for Mickey Guyton and the Duke of Sussex did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
In an interview with Chuck Arnold of The New York Post, Guyton, who became the first Black woman to be nominated for a country solo performance at the Grammys, said singing at the Super Bowl was a "huge moment."
"It's Black History Month, and a black country singer gets to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl. Wow," she told the outlet. "This is a huge moment for me. It's a huge moment for black people. And I want to represent that in the best possible way that I can."
Singer Jhene Aiko also performed at the Super Bowl with a rendition of "America the Beautiful," and some fans became upset after NBC confused the two women during the broadcast. TMZ reported that the name graphic for Jhene Aiko flashed across the screen as the camera focused on Guyton.
It was revealed that Prince Harry, who moved to California with Meghan Markle, 40, in 2020, attended the star-studded game with his cousin, Princess Eugenie. Royals reporter Omid Scobie said that Prince Harry and Princess Eugenie sat in a suite hosted by Salesforce, an official backer of Better Up, a mental health platform where Harry serves as the chief impact officer.
People reported that Princess Eugenie is the first known royal family member to visit Prince Harry and Markle since they relocated to their Montecito home.
Prince Harry and Markle have two children; two-year-old Archie, and eight-month-old Lilibet. Princess Eugenie has a one-year-old son named August with Jack Brooksbank.