Prince Harry finds his ginger twin on Nottingham walkabout with Meghan

Prince Harry found his ginger twin in a Nottingham crowd and could not resist checking the evidence.

Footage from the visit shows Prince Harry shaking hands with a red-haired man in glasses and joking about their matching hair colour and facial hair. He then reached out to touch the man's beard to compare it with his own, in a light-hearted moment captured on camera HELLO!.

The prince was in Nottingham with his wife Meghan Markle. The trip was their first official joint outing since moving back to the U.K., according to reports of the visit PEOPLE.

The programme included a stop at the Community Recording Studio, known as CRS. It is a youth and community charity that runs creative activities, sport, mentoring and youth development programmes.

Meghan told well-wishers: "It's great to be back." Cameras also caught a small affectionate gesture during the walkabout, a public meet-and-greet on foot, when Harry briefly stroked Meghan's ponytail PEOPLE.

Hair has long been part of Harry's public banter. On the American late-night talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, he said he had thought the ginger gene would not stand up to his wife's genes if they had children, but he was wrong.

On the Joe Marler Will See You Now podcast, a British rugby player's interview show, he joked that people call him ginger but he is more "sunset orange... like auburn". He has also spoken about being called nicknames including "carrot top" and "ginge" during his school years at Eton.

It was not the couple's first time in the city. In December 2017, when they were engaged, they greeted hundreds of well-wishers in Nottingham on their first official walkabout Reuters. Both wore long navy overcoats for that appearance.

What makes this stand out is how relaxed it felt. No speeches. Just handshakes, jokes and a quick beard comparison that had the crowd laughing.