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What happened when England's soccer great Gascoigne met Prince William in a shop? A cheeky kiss
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The Prince of Wales, right, greets with Paul Gascoigne, left, during a visit to a Pret A Manger store in Bournemouth, Dorset, Thursday Sept. 7, 2023, to meet with national and local businesses pledging their support to the Prince's Homewards project in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. - photo by Chris Jackson/PA via AP
LONDON (AP) — For countless fans, giving the heir to the British throne a kiss on the cheek is not usually the done thing. But Paul Gascoigne, one of England's all-time soccer greats, was never one for protocol — even during the heyday of his playing career three decades ago. Gascoigne, affectionately known as Gazza, apparently felt no inhibition in giving Prince William a kiss on the cheek on Thursday after he turned up at a branch of the Pret A Manger sandwich chain in the southern England town of Bournemouth, where William was promoting efforts to rein in homelessness.