Prince caused a stir during his appearance at the French Open on Monday, and not just because he was with a supermodel or because he's, well, Prince.
No, it was an accessory cradled by the 55-year-old musician as he watched Rafael Nadal dispatch of Dusan Lajovic that got people tweeting. Prince showed up to Roland Garros with a scepter, which is a sort of luxurious cane normally reserved for royalty. As far as we know, it did not serve a practical purpose for Prince.
Here's Prince, holding the scepter and seated next to model Damaris Lewis in the presidential box in the main stadium at Roland Garros:
Pop royalty showed up at the #FrenchOpen today: http://t.co/lBQdTwtVi7 #Prince #Shirts #Blouses pic.twitter.com/JM2MNKshDr
— ITV Sport (@ITVSport) June 2, 2014
Lewis, in case you don't recognize the name, has appeared in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue:
Damaris Lewis u can make this stress of this game go away pic.twitter.com/4qm5bhbdbH
— NV / Black Seinfeld (@NVme68) April 23, 2014
Unfortunately for Lewis, who is 32 years younger than Prince, it appears that his scepter earned the most reaction on Twitter:
He heard there was an opening in Spain “@ForTheWin: Prince watched the French Open while holding a scepter pic.twitter.com/Un40HrICwo”
— keithlaw (@keithlaw) June 2, 2014
Prince at the French Open...with a scepter. (photo via @gettyimages) pic.twitter.com/FiWbwtaFM2
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) June 2, 2014
Of course Prince brings a scepter to watch tennis at the French Open. Because he's Prince.
— Gamercow (@gamercow) June 2, 2014
people who can pull off the scepter in public look:
2) @Pontifex
1) Prince
— darth™ (@darth) June 2, 2014
Prince hit up the #FrenchOpen... with a scepter. Or is that a pimp cane? http://t.co/EDPjc3wcxu
— TMZ (@TMZ) June 2, 2014
prince, after checking twitter, judging everyone spelling it 'scepter' instead of 'sceptre' pic.twitter.com/ozWdSi6Tmn
— Rembert Browne (@rembert) June 2, 2014
A lot of people think the best part of this picture is the thing where Prince brought a scepter to the French Open... pic.twitter.com/ea1tWc2wTD
— Danger Guerrero (@DangerGuerrero) June 2, 2014
Incorrect. The best part is that Prince probably had to decide WHICH SCEPTER to bring to the French Open.
— Danger Guerrero (@DangerGuerrero) June 2, 2014
The accessory is truly fit for a king. Or, in this case, a Prince.