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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 thrones of the United Kingdom and the other fifteen Commonwealth Realms, behind his father, and his older brother, Prince William. A grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Harry holds the rank of Second Lieutenant (known in the regiment as Cornet) in the Blues and Royals regiment of the Household Cavalry of the British Army. He is a tank commander, trained to lead a 12-man team in four armoured reconnaissance vehicles.
Prince Harry passed out as a newly commissioned officer at the Sovereign's Parade at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in April, 2006. Currently ranked as a Lieutenant, he uses Wales as his surname, and is known in the army as Troop Commander Wales. The following month Prince Harry joined the Blues and Royals, a regiment of the Household Cavalry in the British Army, followed by training as a tank reconnaissance troop commander. That year Prince Harry was also appointed as one of nine new Commodores-in-Chief of the Royal Navy, alongside other members of his family, being appointed as Commodore-in-Chief, Small Ships and Diving.
Harry was scheduled to leave for Iraq in May or June 2007, with the regiment becoming responsible for patrolling the Maysan province, trying to stop Iranian smugglers bringing hi-tech weapons across the border of desert and marshes. The province, known to Coalition forces as Iraq’s "Wild West", has been described as "a dangerous wilderness that is being used by Iraq's Shia extremist groups as a testing ground for their latest explosive devices." On 16 May 2007, Dannatt, contrary to his previous remarks, announced "I have decided today that Prince Harry will not be deployed to Iraq." Clarence House subsequently issued a statement that "Prince Harry is very disappointed that he will not be able to go to Iraq with his troop on this deployment, as he had hoped. He fully understands and accepts General Dannatt’s difficult decision, and remains committed to his Army career. Prince Harry’s thoughts are with his troop and the rest of the Battle Group in Iraq."
While training at Canadian Forces Base Suffield (noted above), Harry appeared with two plainclothed Royal Canadian Mounted Police escorts at a popular Calgary nightclub, and was reportly seen flirting with one of the female bartenders, Cherie Cymbalisty. When asked if he was the prince, Harry showed her his military ID. Harry remained behind after closing and when leaving gave Cymbalisty a kiss on the cheek. Harry, who is said to be still dating Chelsy Davy, acted like "Prince Charming" according to Cymbalisty's original interview. However, Cymbalisty later claimed in an interview with the tabloid News of the World, for which she was paid over $30,000 CAD, "the only thing on his mind was whether or not I was wearing underwear."
At a party with the fancy dress theme "Colonial and Native", Prince Harry wore a swastika armband, causing controversy and considerable embarrassment to his family. He later issued a public statement apologizing for his actions but his lack of apology in person angered some groups.
Harry's mother admitted in an interview with BBC's Panorama that she had committed adultery with James Hewitt. There have long been rumours, especially in the foreign press , that Prince Harry is actually Hewitt's son. However, this has been persistently denied by Hewitt, though St James's Palace has always declined to comment. Most sources state that Diana did not even meet Hewitt until 1986, when Harry was already two years old.. His red hair is most likely a trait of his mother's Spencer family alleles (he bears a resemblance to his uncle, the Earl Spencer).
Prince Harry is currently third-in-line for succession to the Thrones (behind his father and elder brother). Should he eventually succeed to the throne and keep his first Christian name, he would probably be known as Henry IX. Henry Benedict Stuart is sometimes known by this title by supporters of the Jacobites, but he never attempted to seize the throne and is not listed in the official chronology of the rulers of England.
On his 18th birthday, his grandmother, 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.
2. Charles, Prince of Wales
22. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
12. Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer |
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