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Prince Harry Eyes North Pole Ice Trek

Mar 20

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Practice! Prince Harry tries dragging a 240-lb sled while visiting wounded ex-servicemen

Prince Harry plans to join a charity expedition with injured servicemen to the North Pole next year. He said that he hopes to complete part of the 300-mile Arctic trek alongside amputees who lost limbs in the line of duty. The 25-year-old prince had already been named as a patron of the event, which aims to raise £1million for the charity Walking With The Wounded.

But at a launch in London he announced that he wants to go further with his support. ‘You will be glad to know that if my military commitments allow me I would love to join the team,’ he said.

Although Harry is training to become an Army Air Corps helicopter pilot and plans to return to Afghanistan in the next two years, he is hopeful of being given permission to join the month-long expedition for five days next April.

Article: Daily Mail






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Prince Harry to Qualify as Pilot in May

Mar 15

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Pilot - Prince Harry

Pilot - Prince Harry

Prince Harry will graduate as a fully-qualified helicopter pilot in May – and may return to Afghanistan later this year. He has amazed instructors by coming in the top 10% of his class after early training ­setbacks almost forced him to quit. The prince will be told next month whether his future training will be in either Lynx choppers or Apache flying gunships. Prince Harry will be presented with his helicopter wings at a special ceremony at the Army Air Corps HQ in Middle Wallop, Hants in May.

Harry now has a few minor hurdles to clear before his ­ instructors assign him to either Apaches or a Lynx squadron.

Apache training would mean Harry qualifying for Afghanistan by December. Lynx – which the prince is already flying – could get him to the front line even faster.

“Both helicopters are very much operational and flying missions in Afghanistan. So if it isn’t all over before he graduates, he will be going back there, just as he promised.”

Article: Daily Star






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Prince Harry’s Charity Hit with Another Resignation

Mar 10

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Prince Harry’s charity Sentebale is in trouble again…

Though this charity – helping poverty and AIDS stricken victims based in Lesotho – has helped countless people, Prince Harry has been obliged to rethink Sentebale’s strategy for the future and restructure its operations after a second ­unexpected resignation from the charity in a matter of weeks.

In January, executive chairman and entrepreneur Charles Denton stood down. Now Harper Brown — who was headhunted for the job of country director in Lesotho — has quit to return to Britain.

Sentebale officials insisted Brown, 50, whose ­comfortable remuneration ­package came under the spotlight when it was disclosed that Tory backer Lord Ashcroft had been solicited for a major donation to the charity, was leaving of his own free will.

But his departure is bound to re-open questions about the long-term direction of Sentebale, which Harry set up with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho 5 years ago. Details of its funding crisis emerged after the charity’s failure to honour a £30,000 pledge to a children’s home in the mountain kingdom.

Article: Daily Mail

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Republic Talk on the Royal PR Machine

Mar 9

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Here’s an insightful opinion from Emily Hill, a reporter on the Londoner’s Diary of the Evening Standard. She questions the often unreasonable and inconsistent privacy demands the Royal Family imposes on the press, and how she believes their popularity will continue to diminish over time.

“What I do want to talk about is the simultaneous claim that the Royals ought to retain their incredibly privileged position in society – their posthumous ability to shut down the telly schedule and so on – WHILST we RESTRAIN our unhealthy desire to read about their private lives – as we are constantly told we ought to do. Post Diana there’s been a concerted palace campaign against paparazzi photographs taken of the royals. Especially its junior branches.”

“In the coming years I think that the royals’ relationship with the media is only going to become more fraught. Prince Charles is deeply unpopular with many. Prince William has recently returned from Australia where 58% of Aussies want him to be the next king – compared with only 30% who want Charles. Unless Kate Middleton – or a future girlfriend of William’s in a Di mould – can bring back the Di factor I really think the monarchy itself will soon die a death – and afterwards it won’t halt the television schedule.”


Opinion: Emily Hill

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William, Harry & Kate Make List of “100 British Celebs Who Really Matter”

Mar 8

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Newspaper tabloid journalist Piers Morgan compiles a list of 100 British celebrities who really matter. Prince William, Prince Harry and Kate Middleton make the top 20.

#4 Prince William

#4 Prince William

#4 Prince William

“William was 13 when I sat down for a quite extraordinary lunch with him and his mother. It was memorable for so many reasons, not least his undisguised dismay when Diana refused to let him drink any wine. ‘But you always let me have wine!’ he moaned. ‘William,’ she replied firmly, ‘you do NOT drink alcohol.’ Over the 2-hour encounter, the young prince was intelligent, funny, charming and wise beyond his years. A few years later, he invited me to an 18th-birthday drinks party for a select few editors.

William’s credentials to be high on this list are obvious. He’s very rich, the rising star of the Royal Family and will one day be our King. It’s hard to beat that particular CV.”

#19 Prince Harry

#19 Prince Harry

#19 Prince Harry

“I think Prince Harry is maturing into a thoroughly decent young man. I watched him in action at a recent military awards ceremony, and he was wonderfully warm and natural with a group of mothers who had lost their sons in action – hugging each one on stage. It reminded me so much of Diana.

My brother-in-law, then an Army colonel, trained both William and Harry at Sandhurst military academy and said they were both excellent soldiers, but more importantly perhaps, excellent down-to-earth chaps who mucked in with everyone else, asked for no favours and worked hard.

Harry doesn’t matter as much as William, because he’s probably not going to be King. However, he is next in line to the throne after his brother, and that makes him potentially very important indeed.”

#20 Kate Middleton

#20 Kate Middleton

#20 Kate Middleton

“I’ve never met her, but my sister has (her husband trained William and Harry at Sandhurst), and says she’s a lovely girl – down-to-earth and very friendly. I thought she was a bit daft to go for the press so hard over privacy, on the basis that if you get into bed with the future King of England then you have to accept a certain increased scrutiny of your life. But after they split and got back together, I sensed a new, more mature Ms Middleton re-emerging into public life. She goes about the incredibly difficult task of being the girlfriend of our future monarch with remarkably good grace. I hope William marries her, because there aren’t many women around who can replace Kate and do such a good job.

If they do head down the aisle, then she will matter more than any other woman on this list, because she’ll one day be Queen. And that will afford her a bit of clout.”

Article: Daily Mail (#1-10 with William) | (#11-30 with Harry & Kate)

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Prince Harry Supports Charity Bike Ride

Feb 27

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Lawrence Dallaglio & Harry

Lawrence Dallaglio & Harry

Prince Harry met former England rugby union captain Lawrence Dallaglio as he took a break from a 2,800km charity bike ride. The group of cyclists, led by the former rugby hero, are pedalling across Europe on a trek that aims to raise £1 million for the Dallaglio Cycle Slam. They arrived at London’s Twickenham stadium after completing around half of their grueling journey.

Harry, vice-patron of England Rugby Football Union, shared some banter with a group of riders when Dallaglio introduced the royal to the fundraisers. The money raised will be donated to Sport Relief and the newly-formed Dallaglio Foundation, whose beneficiaries are Cancer Research, DebRA, Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, Help For Heroes and RPA Benevolent Fund.

Article: The Telegraph
Pictures: Getty Images

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