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Prince Henry of Wales (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984; commonly known as Prince Harry) is the younger son of Charles, Prince of Wales and his first wife, the late Diana, Princess of Wales. He is third in the line of succession to the British Throne and the thrones of the other Commonwealth Realms, behind his father, and his older brother, Prince William of Wales. He is a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II. Prince Harry is a Cornet in the Blues and Royals regiment of the Household Cavalry of the British Army.
Birth and childhoodPrince Harry was born on 15 September 1984 at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, in central London, England. His father is Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His mother is the late Diana, Princess of Wales, who died on 31 August 1997. Diana admitted in an interview with BBC's Panorama that she had committed adultery with James Hewitt. It has been suggested that Hewitt could be the natural father of the Prince, although this has been denied[1].
He was christened on 21 December 1984 at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Robert Runcie. His godparents were: his uncle the Duke of York, Lady Sarah Chatto, Lady Vestey, Mrs. William Bartholomew; the portrait painter, Mr. Bryan Organ; and Mr. Gerald Ward. The prince's official family name is that of Windsor, according to his grandmother's royal proclamation of 1960, but some of the descendants of Queen Elizabeth II appear to utilize the surname Mountbatten-Windsor as personal preference. Death of Diana, Princess of WalesOn 31 August 1997, Harry's mother died in a car accident in Paris, with her boyfriend Dodi Al-Fayed. Her death came only a few weeks after she spent a holiday in southern France with William and Harry. The princes were staying at Balmoral Castle; it was Charles who awoke them and broke the news.
Image:Prince Harry The Biography.jpg Book cover of Prince Harry, The Biography by Mark Saunders EducationHarry attended Mrs. Jane Mynors's nursery school in West London, as did William. In 1988, he attended Fun With Music, a music appreciation class conducted by Ann Rachlin. He later followed his brother to the Wetherby School, and later to Ludgrove School in Berkshire. He then attended Eton College located in Berkshire in 1998. In June 2003, he completed his education at Eton with two A-levels. In Geography he received a D, and in Art a B. At school, he developed his love of sport, particularly polo and rugby. The Prince has also shown a keen interest in modeling and abseiling. He has also participated in the Eton Wall Game. After finishing Eton, Harry undertook a gap year, visiting Australia and Africa. In Australia, he worked on a cattle station, and watched the 2003 Rugby World Cup being held in the country. In Africa, he worked in an orphanage in Lesotho. Later in the year, he travelled to Argentina on holiday. On 8 May 2005, the Prince entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. There, he was known as Officer Cadet Wales instead of using his royal title, and was part of Alamein Company.[2] Royal dutiesImage:Inspection-New-Colours.JPG Officer Cadet Wales (standing to attention next to the horse) on parade at Sandhurst, 21 June 2005. In 2006, Prince Harry was appointed as one of nine new Commodores-in-Chief of the Royal Navy, alongside other members of his family. Prince Harry was appointed as Commodore-in-Chief, Small Ships and Diving. In February, 2007, it was announced that Prince Harry would join his regiment, The Blues and Royals, on a six month tour of Iraq — an active combat zone. ArmyPrince Harry passed out as a newly commissioned officer at the Sovereign's Parade at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in April 2006.[3] He uses Wales as his surname and is currently known in the army as Troop Commander Wales.[1] His current rank is Cornet.[2] In May 2006 Prince Harry joined the Blues and Royals, a regiment of the Household Cavalry in the British Army.[3] He then trained as a tank reconnaissance troop commander.[4] On 22 February 2007, the Ministry of Defence and Clarence House confirmed, in a joint statement, that Prince Harry will be deployed with his regiment in Iraq[5]. He will serve as part of the 1st Mechanised Brigade of the 3rd (UK) Mechanised Division. The Blues and Royals are expected to form part of the force patrolling the Iran-Iraq border with Troop Commander Wales leading a small force tasked with reconnaissance duties using Scimitar tanks. This deployment in Iraq will be part of a long-planned rotation of troops. The last member of the British Royal Family to serve in a war zone was Prince Harry's uncle, Prince Andrew, Duke of York, who flew helicopters during the Falklands War in 1982. At the time Prince Andrew was second in line to the British Throne, although this changed to third on the 21 June 1982, the day after the British Government declared hostilities to be over, with the birth of Prince William. According to a BBC news article Harry Iraq deployment no surprise[6] Prince Harry had made it clear that he would leave the army if he was left in safety while his regiment was sent to a war zone. He is scheduled to leave for Iraq in May or June of 2007. Personal lifeGirlfriendsAs it does for his brother, the media continues to speculate about any possible girlfriends of Prince Harry, especially young women in his social circle, and sometimes those he meets in nightclubs. The Prince's best known romance has been with Chelsy Davy, a Zimbabwe-born heiress to an African ranching and real estate fortune. In an interview conducted for his 21st birthday in September 2005, Prince Harry referred to Davy as his girlfriend and the press reported that their relationship was at that time 18 months old, strongly contradicting reports they were no longer a couple. [4] In July 2006, photos were published of the two kissing at the Cartier Polo International Tournament. On 15 August 2006, The Sun released a picture of Prince Harry with his hands on the breasts of friend Natalie Pinkham, whom he was also pictured kissing. The Sun reported that this would imply that he was cheating on Davy. Commenting on this, Clarence House has said that the picture had been taken three years earlier. "We have contacted The Sun and asked them to make a correction. The pictures are three years out of date."[5] In October 2006 it was reported that Davy had accepted an offer from the University of Bristol, which is 27 miles from Highgrove, for a postgraduate degree in politics. However, the couple's relationship will suffer further separation when Harry is deployed to Iraq in May or June 2007 for six months, during Chelsy's Autumn Term. Nazi costume controversyImage:Thesunharry.jpg The Front Cover of tabloid The Sun featuring a picture of the costume At a party with the fancy dress theme "Colonial and Native" Prince Harry wore a German Afrika Korps uniform, much to the outrage of some anti-fascists and Jews.[7] He later apologised for his actions, although through a statement, rather than in person, angering some groups.[8] CannabisIn January 2002, it was revealed that the prince had admitted smoking cannabis, raising the possibility that criminal charges would be filed against him in the summer of 2002. A subsequent police investigation cleared Harry of wrongdoing, and Harry's father, Charles, was praised for his handling of the situation, which included taking Harry to visit a drug rehabilitation facility in London. PaparazziOn the morning of 21 October 2004, Prince Harry had an altercation with a paparazzo photographer as he left a nightclub in Piccadilly Circus. The photographer was left with a cut lip, but the Prince was unharmed. After the story appeared in the tabloids, he issued a statement in which he stated that his behaviour had been "disappointing" and in which he publicly apologised to Charles. On 24 March 2007 Prince Harry had another altercation with a photographer when leaving a night club in the early hours of the morning. The prince attempted to strike the reporter but stumbled instead, losing his balance and falling into a nearby gutter. He was described as rather intoxicated.[9] Titles, styles, honours and arms
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ArmsOn his 18th birthday, his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II granted Prince Harry his own personalised coat of arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom with a label for difference: Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules three Lions passant guardant in pale Or (England), 2nd Or a Lion rampant within a Double Tressure flory counterflory Gules (Scotland), 3rd Azure a Harp Or stringed Argent (Ireland), the whole differenced by a Label of five points Argent the first third and fifth points charged with an Escallop Gules. Prince Harry's coat of arms has a label of five points, as the grandchild of the sovereign. The escallops (seashells) allude to his late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, whose Spencer coat of arms includes three escallops argent. Ancestry
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