Friday, May 2, 2008

Prince Harry

His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales (Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor) was born on September 15th 1984. He is the second son of the Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales and grandson to Queen Elizabeth II. Although he was Christened Prince Henry, he is known as Prince Harry.

Prince Harry studied at Eton College, where he received the lowest A-level grades in the year, gaining just a B in Art and a D in Geography.

After finishing Eton, Harry undertook a gap year, visiting Australia and Africa. In Australia he worked on a cattle station, before moving on to Africa to work in an orphanage in Lesotho. He also spent a short time Argentina on vacation, but returned early amid rumours of drunkenness and an alleged kidnapping attempt.

In May 2005, the Prince entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst where he trained as an Office Cadet. In 2006 he was joined at the military school by his big brother Prince William.

Prince Harry has hit the headlines many times since turning eighteen. In January 2002, the Prince allegedly admitted to smoking marijuana and taking part in in under-age drinking.

In October 2004, Prince Harry had an altercation with a paparazzo as he left a Piccadilly Circus nightclub. The pictures of him wrestling with the photographer were splashed across newspapers throughout the world.

In January 2005, Prince Harry attended a fancy-dress party dressed as a Nazi wearing a the pale khaki shirt with Wehrmacht national emblem on the collar and a swastika armband. Life's certainly never dull with the young Prince.

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