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Prince Harry closes billion dollar trade deal during charity day

Karishma Sarkari
Karishma Sarkari

Prince Harry has just closed "one of the biggest trade deals of the last five years".

The billion dollar moment for the Duke of Sussex came during the BGC Charity Day in London, raising funds for 9/11 victims on the 18th anniversary of the attacks.

There were high-fives all round after Harry hung up the phone, closing the reported £1 billion government bond trade, also known as Gilts.

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Prince Harry closed 'one of the biggest trade deals of the last five years' at a charity day in London on Wednesday AAP

"An amazing atmosphere here at #BGCcharityday as our Patron The Duke of Sussex joined by former #InvictusGames competitor @commandovice has just closed one of the biggest trade deals of the last five years - all in aid of charity!" Invictus Games tweeted.

A video of the moment, shows the 34-year-old juggling two phones and being instructed on how to make the trade.

Next to the Duke, in a colourful blazer Ryder Brown, from BGC Partners, co-head of the Gilts desk helped the Royal show his brokering skills.

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The excited Duke hugged Invictus Games competitor Paul Vice following the deal AAP

On the other side, ex Royal Marines Commando Paul Vice sported an Invictus T-shirt and gave the Harry a few laughs during the

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The fundraising event remembers the 658 Cantor Fitzgerald staff and 61 EuroBrokers employees who died in the attack on the World Trade Centre in New York in 2001.

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The pair worked the phoned together AAP

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