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 Click here for more Prince Harry photos Britain’s Prince Harry is moving up in the world. On Saturday, it was announced he was promoted to captain in the Army in recognition for his five years of service. In the military, the Prince will be known as Captain Harry Wales.
St. James Palace released a statement saying Harry in an eight month training course in weaponry. The course will take him to Wattisham Airfield, Suffolk, and bases in the United States.
“He will now progress to the Apache ‘conversion to role’ course where he will learn to operate the aircraft and its weapons systems in a variety of challenging operational scenarios,” a spokesman for St. James said.
This promotion means Harry could be eligible to return to Afghanistan in 2012.
He fought there from late 2007 into early 2008 until a media revelation led to him being forced to return to the U.K.
Source: Telegraph
Britain’s Prince Harry is on top of the world – and not because his brother is getting married in one month.
 Click here for more Prince Harry in the Arctic pics He is trekking across the North Pole with wounded soldiers, all in the name of charity for his country’s veteran organizations. The journey will go 200 miles and will last for four weeks.
However, the Prince will only be with the soldiers for the first five days. This way, he would be back in time for brother William’s April 29th wedding. Harry arrived in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago after throwing William’s bachelor party over the weekend.
That meant the Prince didn’t have much time for this trek.
“I haven’t had as much time to train,” he told the Press Association news agency in Longyearbyen, Norway, where he and the soldiers will train for three days. “But today, to their huge amusement, they’re going to see me on a pair of, whatever they’re called, skis, this afternoon. So it should be entertaining for all of us.”
As patron of the Walking With The Wounded charity, Prince Harry – who once spent 10 weeks fighting in Afghanistan – aims to raise £2 million for the organization.
Joining the Prince will are Walking With The Wounded co-founders, Simon Dalglish and Ed Parke, plus four servicemen wounded in Afghanistan: Capt. Martin Hewitt, 30, whose right arm was paralyzed after being shot; Capt. Guy Disney, 29, whose right leg was amputated below the knee after he was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade; Pvt. Jaco Van Gass, 24, from South Africa, whose left arm was amputated and Sgt. Stephen Young, 28, whose back was broken when his vehicle was blown up by a makeshift bomb.
The group will be lead by Norwegian polar guide Inge Solheim.
Source: AP
Clarence House this morning announced the wedding party list for Prince William and Catherine Middleton’s April 29th wedding.
 Chris Jackson/Getty Images/FILE William’s brother, Prince Harry, will be his best man while Catherine’s sister, Philippa will be her maid of honor.
The list of the children involved in this wedding party are as follows:
The Lady Louise Windsor – age 7 – daughter of Prince Edward
The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones – age 8 – daughter of Viscount and Viscountess Linley
Miss Grace van Cutsem – age 3 – daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh van Cutsem, William’s goddaughter
Miss Eliza Lopes – age 3 – daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lopes, Duchess of Cornwall’s granddaughter
Master William (Billy) Lowther-Pinkerton – age 10 – son of Mr. and Mrs. Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton
Master Tom Pettifer – age 8 – son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pettifer, William’s godson
And yes, there will be two 3 year olds in this wedding party.
The dresses and uniforms of the children will be revealed on April 29th.
Source: Clarence House
 Louis Wood - WPA Pool/ Getty Images Britain’s Prince Harry is contemplating joining wounded soldiers in their journey to the North Pole this March. Although Harry said he would go with them when the troops announced the plans early last year, it is his brother’s wedding in April that may have the Prince cancel his plans.
The trek begins in late March and will last a month, not giving enough time for Harry to return to London to see Prince William marry Catherine Middleton, especially if everything falls behind schedule.
Furthermore, Harry has military commitments that may have him turn down the journey.
He is patron of the Walking with the Wounded charity, which is organizing this 200 mile journey to the top of the world. Some of the soldiers participating have lost limbs in either Iraq or Afghanistan.
The spokeswoman for Clarence House said that the Prince “would still very much love to join the expedition, and if he can he will, however his military training commitments mean he will not know for some weeks whether this is going to be possible, so in the meantime he is following preparations closely.”
Source: The Press Association
Britain’s Prince Harry braved the snowy conditions in Berlin this morning as he traveled to the German capital to receive an award for his charity work. He also paid tribute to the many people who died trying to escape communist East Germany by laying a wreath at a wall memorial.
 Sean Gallup/Getty Images But the Prince also took the time to privately meet with a Holocaust survivor and tour a museum dedicated to the six million Jews who died at the hands of the Nazi regime.
Harry outraged millions six years ago when he wore a Nazi uniform – with the swastika on the upper arm – to a costume party.
He apologized for his lack of judgment within hours of a photo of him wearing the uniform hitting the media. The Simon Wiesenthal Centre, one of the largest international Jewish human rights organizations, urged Harry to visit the Auschwitz death camp to learn about the atrocities done by the Nazis.
So finally, Prince Harry had the chance to actually meet with an elderly Jewish woman who survived the horrors of the Holocaust. He also visited the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, located in Berlin.
The Prince spent a significant amount of time touring the memorial, which is a 2,711 “concrete stelae” designed by architect Peter Eisenman and arranged in a grid pattern so visitors can walk through it.
Source: Press Association
You read that headline right – the youngest son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana is going to do a reality show. No, it won’t be about charity or the military. Instead, it would be a talent search. Prince Harry is teaming up with DJ Goldie to search for 12 youngsters between the ages of 17 and 24 with for a new BBC 2 series, Goldie’s Band – By Royal Appointment.
 Ben Stansall - WPA Pool/Getty Images/FILE DJ Goldie, who is a drum and bass DJ, will search the UK for musically talented youths and the finale will take place in October at Buckingham Palace – yes, the Buckingham Palace – with Harry being the guest of honor. The winner of the talent search will be revealed then.
Contestants would range from classical musicians to R&B aspiring artists.
The Prince and the DJ met last year at the Wireless Festival in Hyde Park. There, Harry quoted some of the DJ’s lyrics, which set off the unlikely friendship.
Speaking about the venture, one royal aide said: “Harry is a fan of reality TV, but what is particularly good about this one is that its about mentoring and encouragement – nobody gets voted off or laughed at, so its not nasty at all.”
“Harry believes music can be a way for young people who haven’t had the best of starts to get a new chance.”
This isn’t the first time the British royal family has taken part in a television show, entertainment-wise. In the 1980s, Princess Anne and her brothers Princes Andrew and Edward took part in The Royal Knockabout. Many saw the program as degrading to the royal family.
Source: Hello! Magazine
 AP Photo/Paul J. Bereswill During his second day in New York City, Prince Harry got a chance to taste of New Yorker’s love of baseball. He threw the first pitch at a Mets game between the Minnesota Twins at Citi Field stadium, where large crowds turned up to get a glimpse of British royalty.
Wearing a blue Mets cap and a white T-shirt with “walking with the wounded” written on the front, the 25 year-old Prince shyly walked up to the pitcher’s mount, took a couple of stretches and then threw the ball to Rod Barajas. According to a New York Times blog, the pitch was “high, but it appeared to have good velocity and crossed the plate.” The crowd roared with approval at Harry’s first attempt at baseball.
It was R.A. Dickey, the Mets knuckleballer, who helped Harry for five minutes with his pitch. Dickey said he did well with it.
The Mets team even gave the Prince his own jersey – it has the number 22 and “Wales” on the back.
Earlier on Saturday, Prince Harry had paid a visit to the UNICEF Emergency Operation Center where he saw how the organization provides children with emergency supplies during crises. The supplies included a “School in a Box” which gives educational needs for children caught
 AP Photo/Lucas Jackson, Pool up in such crises as the Haitian earthquake earlier this year.
Tomorrow, Sunday morning, Harry will walk with war veterans in Central Park. In the afternoon, he will get involved in another sporting event, one he is most familiar with and that is a polo game on Governor’s Island in New York Harbor.
Sources: AP, UNICEF
Britain’s Prince Harry is in New York City this weekend, a little over a year after his first visit to the Big Apple. He is there to promote stronger links between the American and British military plus once again play polo on Governor’s Island to benefit his charity, Sentebale.
 AP Photo/Emmanuel Dunand, Pool Upon arriving in the city, Harry went north to West Point military school where he trained with its cadets on a firing range exercise. Dressed in British camouflage, the Prince and the cadets fired guns at pop-up silhouette targets from about 50 to 300 meters away. Col. Casey Haskins was impressed.
“He clearly knows what he’s doing,” Haskins said. “He clearly knows how to shoot. He clearly knows how to move.”
“Given the stress of all this and never having done this before, he did quite well.”
Prince Harry did not talk to the reporters who were at West Point, but the cadets that were with him did.
“He seems like a really down-to-earth guy,” said Cadet Kristen Griest.
When he wasn’t shooting with the students, Harry chatted with them about his experiences in Afghanistan, where he fought for 10 weeks in early 2008. He also compared West Point to his military school, Sandhurst.
At the end of his stay at West Point, the Prince was presented with a ceremonial saber.
 Photo by Lucas Jackson-Pool/Getty Images Then it was back to New York via helicopter, which took the third in line to the British throne to the Intrepid Sea Air and Space Museum. Harry admitted in a speech that he felt tempted to pinch himself due to being on deck of the historic ship.
In his speech, Harry said American and British forces “have fought shoulder to shoulder for a hundred years to safeguard the ideals and values our countries share.”
“We in Britain can learn from the American culture of charity, and from the great pioneering work in the fields of care, prosthetics and rehabilitation of your universities, hospitals and other organizations,” he said. “In turn, I hope we can offer some inspiring examples of our own.”
After his speech, the Prince chatted with U.S. Marine veteran Aaron Mankin, who lost fingers and suffered burns to his face in combat.
On Saturday, Prince Harry will throw the first ball in a Mets game and take part in a UNICEF event. Sunday will see him walk in wounded war veterans in a Central Park road race. He will end off his New York trip by playing in the third annual Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic on Governor’s Island.
Sources: AP, Press Association
After touring much of southern Africa, and watching England play Algeria during the FIFA World Cup (it was tied 1-1), Prince Harry made a final stop on his tour of the continent in Mozambique. Like his mother, the late Princess Diana, did in 1997, the Prince visited a landmine field to get an idea of what it is like to clear such a field. He also met with those injured from stepping on the weapons.
 AP Photo/HALO Trust, Fiona Willoughby As part of his visit, Harry watched a team clear a minefield and was taught to do the technique himself. The Prince denoted a couple of landmines under supervision of experts.
The HALO Trust was guiding Harry during his visit, as they did for his mother 13 years ago.
HALO Trust chief executive Guy Willoughby said: “HALO is delighted that Prince Harry has come out to support us in this quest to clear Mozambique of mines – a task we could complete in the next four years.
“By being with us in the field, and even personally destroying mines, he has learned something of the dirty, boring, dangerous work that Halo’s 7,700 staff undertake day-in, day-out in the world’s most mine-impacted countries.”
HALO (Hazardous Areas Life-Support Organization) has already cleared over 100,000 mines in northern Mozambique. They were laid in the ground first by the Portuguese in the 70s and later during the civil war.
After learning how to denote a mine, Harry went to meet with those who stepped on the mines and were maimed for life. One Mozambican was a 14 year old boy named Delisso, who lost part of his leg while herding goats. This boy’s case highlighted not only the dangers of landmines to people but to crops and livestock as well. Mozambique is one of the world’s poorest countries and with landmines in the way, how could it develop its economy?
When Princess Diana was shown minefields in Angola in 1997, she sparked outcries. Some felt she was getting involved with politics as she campaigned to ban landmines. The late Princess simply said she was not a political figure and her interests were purely humanitarian.
Sources: BBC, Daily Mail
These past two days saw Princes William and Harry of the U.K. finalize their trip to Botswana and head for the Kingdom of Lesotho. It is part of the brothers’ visit to southern Africa where they are checking in on how their charities are helping the region.
 Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images On Monday, Harry got a chance to see how local animals benefit from the Tusk Trust, which William is patron of. This time around, Harry showed his older brother how his charity, Sentebale, helps AIDS orphans in Lesotho.
As the royal brothers wrapped their Botswana stay, they stopped by a school in Maun. There, Prince William was shown a vuvuzela, a horn being used during the World Cup. Unfortunately, William had difficulty playing the instrument. Upon failing to hit a note, he said, “There you go, embarrassed myself again!”
Also in Maun, Prince William was shown around the Bio-boundry Lab at the Predator Conservation Trust. He was given a demonstration on the lab’s equipment which aims to help the animals on the conservation.
Later in the day, William and Harry left for Lesotho, a Kingdom that is completely surrounded by South Africa. Like their ancient ancestors, they entered the country on horseback, arriving in the village of Semongkong, and were greeted by ululating women and shepherd boys.
 Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images While in Semongkong, the brothers – along with Lesotho’s Prince Seeiso, the youngest son of King Letsie – visited a school and spent the day with its students.
Harry’s charity, Sentebale, helps the local boys here by opening schools that would teach them basic education, social skills and how to avoid AIDS. This area of Lesotho has young boys as young as eight year-old walking miles to the nearest school after spending the day tending herds. Sometimes, they board at the school in substandard conditions. When they return to their villages as 18 year-olds, after spending years being sexually abused by older boys, the young men become abusers themselves. Sentebale aims to prevent that.
“It’s the main thing to do”, said Harry, according to the Daily Telegraph.
“They’re herd boys from aged eight to 18 then they come back at 18 with no education, no social skills. All they want to do is…”, he added, pointing to his groin.
The three Princes spent the day listening to the boys’ stories and gave them all warm hats. They even danced with the students at one point.
One former shepherd boy, Julius Matsoso Majoso, 32, who now teaches at the school was impressed with William, Harry and Seeiso’s compassion for them.
“They are really shepherds because shepherds are the people who really take care of other things. So it means they are really Kings.” he said.
Source: Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph
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