No, Prince Harry did not make the sign of the devil when meeting Melania.

[DetlefK]

This is incorrect:

Link to tweet

What you think of as the "sign of the devil" was originally invented by the Metal-singer Ronnie Dio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_of_the_horns#Heavy_metal_culture

He got the sign in turn from a gesture that is meant to WARD OFF evil magic.





So there you have it. Prince Harry did not make the sign of the devil when he met Melania. He tried to protect himself from evil.

[DK504]

1. Harry met with her. That is the extent of his duties.

Resting his hand on suit jacket isn't a sign of anything. The only thing we can tell by that picture is how unportable he was standing there.

[Not Ruth]

2. You honestly think that a guy, from the military, does not know exactly what that unnatural hand

articulation, means?????

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Military? What has that got to do with it?

What I would say is that this "sign of the devil" or "ward off evil with this sign" stuff is very uncharacteristic for the British upper class (Britain in general, in fact), so there's really no point in reading anything into it.

[MLAA]

3. Sure hope it works for his sake 😀

[Achilleaze]

4. Maybe it's the sign of Satanette ?

I mean, she is a republican.

[blogslut]

5. He's tucking his middle and ring finger inside his jacket.

I'd be more worried that he's got an ulcer.

[nolabear]

6. OFFS.

We have truly lost our collective minds.

[cwydro]

11. Thank you.

This kind of thing makes us look like loons.

[yallerdawg]

7. I know what I know.

[Drahthaardogs]

9. It's to ward off mal occhio...

And the horn Italians wear is not a pepper. It's made to ward off malocchio as well. The corno protects you, the mano cornuto ( horned hand) gives it right back. Prince Harry was essentially putting Melania's evil back upon herself

Great isn't it! 😁

[fierywoman]

12. And if the situation is really bad, they do the horned hand with BOTH hands!

[Drahthaardogs]

14. My grandparents REALLY believed it

I mean, you could.not even joke about it in front of them. My dad still touches his balls when he passes a cemetery.

God forbid a bird fly into the house
My mother freaks.

[fierywoman]

21. Do you know the Italian proverb:

"Pian'-piano,
la gente vanno lontano"
??
I keep thinking of it every time a small act of civil disobedience seems to hit the right chord.

[Drahthaardogs]

22. I know

Chi va piano va sano e va lontano.

[fierywoman]

24. Beautiful!

These days I often think of "zucca vuota fa tanto rumore" !

[Drahthaardogs]

25. I had not heard that one

But like it

[fierywoman]

26. I heard it in Venice.

[Drahthaardogs]

27. I am assuming it means

The less beneficial ( gourd vs a proper squash) complain the most?

[fierywoman]

30. Yup! I was standing on the street with a friend and I was complaining about an ex, and

his comment was that phrase -- which immediately moved me from being depressed about the idiot ex to laughing hysterically! I think he was pointing to his head as he was saying "zucca." I think of the deplorables this way -- can't understand them otherwise.

[maveric]

31. Oh yeah. Grew up Sicilian in Boston.

My Nonna gave me a horn and a St. Christopher's medal to protect me from the evils of the 60s-70s. They didn't work out very well.

[HockeyMom]

33. Can beat that one

My Nonna used to clip two clothes pins together and hang them on the clothes line between apartment buildings in Manhattan. I often wondered what the neighbors thought, if they even knew.

[ProudLib72]

10. So on the cover of Yellow Submarine, Paul is making a devil sign?

Here I thought it was "I love you". Damned British satanists!

[HipChick]

13. Squinty.....looks pregnant here or bad

camera angle

[SaintLouisBlues]

15. That's the "bullshit" sign 🤘. Seems appropriate.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

16. He's merely making it obvious that his hand's not on her ass.

Yet.

[Skittles]

17. he is looking FINE

her face is starting to look like a squinting pillow with all that filler

[rusty fender]

18. He's shooting her a reverse,

undercover bird

Edited to add: Mel's choice of suit was unfortunate

[Ms. Toad]

19. Good grief. He's not making a sign of any kind.

The edge of his jacket is covering his 3rd and 4th fingers. All fingers are fully extended, it is just that two are inside the jacket - and two are outside.

[Achilleaze]

20. That's the well-known republican "Sign of the Satanette"

if I'm not mistaken. It's documented that she's a republican (even married to the faithless & deceitful republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief). So there's that.

[Hortensis]

23. Perhaps the OP is being facetious? Warding off evil? Devil?

Whatever, it was jerk-level inappropriate.

Most kids learn this stuff long before the military, of course, but this kid's in his 30s now and should have reached adult brain development.

[samnsara]

28. i thought it was a subliminal F for F***able!....

..in other words 'I'd do her'...Oh that Harry!

[samnsara]

29. i tbhought his hand gestures with all the other peoples hes met with...

...were interesting.

[workinclasszero]

32. hmmm

Thanks for the warning Prince Harry.