Prince William makes huge gaffe with fan's phone causing crowd to gasp during visit to Estonia

Prince William awkwardly dropped a royal fan's iPhone wallet causing the crowd to gasp during a visit to a school in Estonia on Thursday. On the first day of his two-day state visit, William greeted well-wishers ahead of a visit to the Estonian Cleantech Association During the meet and greet the royal attempted to take a selfie with one fan but he accidently dropped her case and embarrassingly apologised for the mistake The Prince of Wales accepted a friendship bracelet in the Ukrainian colours before playing basketball with students during a visit to school Prince William played basketball during a visit to The Freedom School, which was founded by the Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia The prince took part in basketball drills with Ukrainian students during a visit to The Freedom School in Tallinn Banker Julius Lwanga, 35, was still excited minutes after meeting William and said: 'I asked for his autograph and he said he wouldn't sing my book but would pose for a selfie. William appeared engrossed as he joined a workshop for renewable energy The Prince a Cleantech Association workshop for renewable energy startups in Tallinn, with UpCatalyst CEO Rait Maasikas and COO Teele Niidas On the first day of his two-day state visit, the future King met with teachers from Ukraine to hear about their experiences at the school and how they have helped students settle in Tallinn Elsewhere the royal, who looked casual in a grey jumper and navy trousers, wiped off his blazer jacket and got stuck into a game of basketball with Ukrainian pupils from the school During the game, Williams first shot came close, bouncing tantalising around the rim Student counsellor Yelyzaveta Lukiianchuk, 18, asked if she could give the royal a friendship bracelet made by the pupils in the Ukrainian colours of blue and yellow. The royal was seen chatting eagerly about renewable energy William spoke enthusiastically during the event on Thursday William meeting teachers from Ukraine during a visit to The Freedom School in Tallinn Elsewhere the prince also attended a Ukrainian language lesson after revealing the 'language was incredibly hard to learn' William learnt to say, admittedly not very confidently, good afternoon in both Estonian and Ukrainian Asked whether he had hope for the future, he told the prince: 'We will never give up.' 'That sort of resilience is so important,' William said Outside William greeted members of the public and offered to take a selfie of himself and a royal fan In an awkward moment the prince dropped the woman's phone and he rushed to pick it backup before handing it to her Prince of Wales took selfies with well-wishers during his visit to Estonia The Prince of Wales posed for a selfie during a walkabout to meet members of the public in Tallinn The prince took selfies with well-wishers ahead of a visit to the Estonian Cleantech Association The prince tried to get a picture with each member of the public during the walk about The royal beamed for snaps as he was warmly greeting by the public His other three shots went wide, despite him taking off his jacket and throwing it to one side, but his team did make it to the finals and win.