Prince Harry - Younger Son of Charles, Timeline and Personal Life
Prince Harry's Personal Details
Prince Henry of Wales, KCVO, popularly known as Prince Harry is the second and youngest son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales
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| Birthday | September 15, 1984 |
| Nationality | British |
| Famous | Miscellaneous, Prince of Wales, Younger Son of Charles |
| Spouses | Meghan Markle |
| Siblings | Prince William |
| Known as | Prince Henry of Wales, Henry Charles Albert David |
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| Birth Place | St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom |
| Religion | Anglicanism |
| Height | 189 |
| Gender | Male |
| Father | Charles, Prince of Wales |
| Mother | Diana, Princess of Wales |
| Net Worth | $40 million |
| Sun Sign | Virgo |
| Born in | St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom |
| Famous as | Younger Son of Charles, Prince of Wales |
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Who is Prince Harry?
Prince Henry of Wales, KCVO, full name Henry Charles Albert David, popularly known as Prince Harry is the second and youngest son of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales. When he was born he became third in line after his father and elder brother Prince William, Duke of Cambridge to succeed his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II to the British throne. After William's children, George and Charlotte were born he became fifth in line of succession. He attended schools in the UK and graduated from Eton College. He then went to Africa and Argentina, served an orphanage in Lesotho and a cattle station in Australia. Returning to the UK he joined RMA Sandhurst to undergo officer training and upon its completion he was commissioned as Cornet in the Blues and Royals. He served tour of duty in Afghanistan in 2007-08 where he was secretly deployed as a Forward Air Controller. However when such news leaked he was pulled back and was again deployed in Afghanistan in 2012-13. He left the army as a Captain in 2015 however remains associated with endeavours assisting wounded servicemen. He is also a patron of several charities.
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Charles, Prince of Wales
Prince Charles, the oldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, is the heir apparent to the British throne. This biography of Prince Charles provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline
Childhood & Early Life
He was born on September 15, 1984, at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London to Prince Charles and Princess Diana. He was baptised at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on December 21, that year.
Born to the royal family, Prince Harry has been under media attention since childhood starting from his first day in school in September 1987 at Jane Mynors' nursery school in London. In 1989 he joined pre-preparatory Wetherby School, in London.
In 1992 he enrolled at the independent preparatory boarding school ‘Ludgrove School’ in Berkshire. He lived with his family in Kensington Palace and enjoyed the weekends with them in the family estate Highgrove House in Gloucestershire.
His mother who described him as "very artistic and sporty" preferred to give her children "as normal a life as possible". She would take them to places like McDonald's and Disney World and also to shelters for homeless and to AIDS clinics.
His parents divorced in 1996 and the following year on August 31 his mother died in Paris after suffering injuries in a car crash.
On September 6, 1997, at age 12, he walked behind his mother’s coffin in her funeral cortège from Kensington Palace to Westminster Abbey accompanied by his father, brother and other relatives amidst thousands of people who gathered to bid good-bye to "the people's princess”.
Coping up with such personal loss, Prince Harry returned to Ludgrove to complete his studies. He cleared entrance exams to get admitted to ‘Eton College’ in Berkshire, where he joined in 1998. He graduated from Eton College in 2003 with two A-Levels.
He is a sports enthusiast and would excel in rugby union and polo. He took a gap year after Eton and worked on a cattle station in Australia, in an orphanage in Lesotho and took part in a Polo Test match between Young England vs Young Australia.
He produced the documentary ‘The Forgotten Kingdom: Prince Harry in Lesotho’ in 2004 that aided in raising around $2 million for the British Red Cross Lesotho Fund.
Career
Prince Harry often found himself amidst controversies making it to the tabloids headlines, whether for his underage drinking or attempting to smoke marijuana among other acts.
He was highly censured for appearing in a Nazi Uniform with a swastika armband in a costume party that led to a controversy and public outcry in January 2005. He later apologised for such act in a statement that said "I am very sorry if I caused any offence or embarrassment to anyone. It was a poor choice of costume and I apologize".
On May 8, 2005 he got enrolled at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst to undergo officer’s training. After completion of such training he was commissioned in the Blues and Royals as a Cornet that is second lieutenant on April 13, 2006.
It was declared in 2006 that Prince Harry would be deployed in Iraq in 2007, which gave rise to a public debate whether he should be deployed in a war zone.
General Sir Richard Dannatt, the then head of British army, declared his decision on April 30, 2007 in favour of deploying Prince Harry in Iraq. However in the following month Dannatt declared that Prince Harry would not be deployed there due to several concerns including probability of him becoming an obvious target as also dangers that would be inflicted on soldiers around him.
He was deployed secretly as a Forward Air Controller for 77 days during 2007-20008 in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province while the British and Canadian forces were taking part in the War in Afghanistan led by NATO.
Such tour on duty marked Prince Harry as the first British Royal family member to be deployed in a war zone after helicopters were flown by his uncle Prince Andrew, Duke of York during the Falklands War. However when news of such duty was flashed in an Australian magazine, Prince Harry was called back.
He became a Lieutenant on April 13, 2008. He received an Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan in May 2008 for his military service in Afghanistan that included patrolling in hostile regions and aiding the Brigade of Gurkhas in driving back Taliban insurgents.
Prince Harry resolved to become an Apache helicopter pilot. After meeting required standards he began training in the Defence Helicopter Flying School at RAF Shawbury and on April 14, 2011 he earned his Apache Flying Badge. He was promoted as Captain on April 16 that year.
Thereafter he went to a US military base in California in October 2011 to undertake helicopter gunship training and returned to England in November that year to finish his Apache helicopters training course at the Wattisham Flying Station in Suffolk.
He was sent with the Army Air Corps on a tour on duty as a co-pilot and gunner for an Apache helicopter at the Camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan on September 7, 2012. He received life threat from the Taliban during his 20-week deployment.
The Ministry of Defence announced on July 8, 2013 that Prince Harry has qualified as an Apache aircraft commander.
He created the international Paralympic-style sports event ‘Invictus Games’ and launched it on March 6, 2014. The participants of the multi-sport event include injured, wounded and sick army personnel as also associated veterans. He is a patron of Invictus Games Foundation and several other endeavours that assist wounded servicemen.
On June 4, 2015 he became Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) and on June 19 that year he ended his official duties with the Armed Forces.
He has remained patron to many organisations and charities like HALO Trust, WellChild, Walking With The Wounded and the London Marathon Charitable Trust. Earlier in September 2009 he along Prince William established The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry to advance their charitable endeavours.
Personal Life & Legacy
He was in an on-and-off relationship with Zimbabwean national Chelsy Davy from 2004 to May 2010.
He became romantically associated with British actress Cressida Bonas in May 2012 however the two parted ways amicably on April 30, 2014.
Prince Harry started dating American actress Meghan Markle in 2016, which was confirmed by the Kensington Palace on November 8, 2016. Their relationship grew stronger over the months and the couple soon became engaged.
On 19 May 2018, Prince Harry and Markle got married in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. The Archbishop of Canterbury officiated at the wedding. It was an extravagant affair and celebrities from all over the world were invited. Actors George Clooney, Idris Elba, and Oprah Winfrey, tennis player Serena Williams, former footballer David Beckam and his wife Victoria Beckam were among the elite guests.
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Prince Harry biography timelines
- // 15th Sep 1984He was born on September 15, 1984, at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London to Prince Charles and Princess Diana. He was baptised at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on December 21, that year.
- // Sep 1987 To 1989Born to the royal family, Prince Harry has been under media attention since childhood starting from his first day in school in September 1987 at Jane Mynors' nursery school in London. In 1989 he joined pre-preparatory Wetherby School, in London.
- // 1992In 1992 he enrolled at the independent preparatory boarding school ‘Ludgrove School’ in Berkshire. He lived with his family in Kensington Palace and enjoyed the weekends with them in the family estate Highgrove House in Gloucestershire.
- // 1996His parents divorced in 1996 and the following year on August 31 his mother died in Paris after suffering injuries in a car crash.
- // 6th Sep 1997On September 6, 1997, at age 12, he walked behind his mother’s coffin in her funeral cortège from Kensington Palace to Westminster Abbey accompanied by his father, brother and other relatives amidst thousands of people who gathered to bid good-bye to "the people's princess”.
- // 1998 To 2003Coping up with such personal loss, Prince Harry returned to Ludgrove to complete his studies. He cleared entrance exams to get admitted to ‘Eton College’ in Berkshire, where he joined in 1998. He graduated from Eton College in 2003 with two A-Levels.
- // 2004He produced the documentary ‘The Forgotten Kingdom: Prince Harry in Lesotho’ in 2004 that aided in raising around $2 million for the British Red Cross Lesotho Fund.
- // 2004 To May 2010He was in an on-and-off relationship with Zimbabwean national Chelsy Davy from 2004 to May 2010.
- // Jan 2005He was highly censured for appearing in a Nazi Uniform with a swastika armband in a costume party that led to a controversy and public outcry in January 2005. He later apologised for such act in a statement that said "I am very sorry if I caused any offence or embarrassment to anyone. It was a poor choice of costume and I apologize".
- // 8th May 2005 To 13th Apr 2006On May 8, 2005 he got enrolled at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst to undergo officer’s training. After completion of such training he was commissioned in the Blues and Royals as a Cornet that is second lieutenant on April 13, 2006.
- // 2006 To 2007It was declared in 2006 that Prince Harry would be deployed in Iraq in 2007, which gave rise to a public debate whether he should be deployed in a war zone.
- // 2007 To 2008He was deployed secretly as a Forward Air Controller for 77 days during 2007-20008 in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province while the British and Canadian forces were taking part in the War in Afghanistan led by NATO.
- // 30th Apr 2007General Sir Richard Dannatt, the then head of British army, declared his decision on April 30, 2007 in favour of deploying Prince Harry in Iraq. However in the following month Dannatt declared that Prince Harry would not be deployed there due to several concerns including probability of him becoming an obvious target as also dangers that would be inflicted on soldiers around him.
- // 13th May 2008He became a Lieutenant on April 13, 2008. He received an Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan in May 2008 for his military service in Afghanistan that included patrolling in hostile regions and aiding the Brigade of Gurkhas in driving back Taliban insurgents.
- // Sep 2009He has remained patron to many organisations and charities like HALO Trust, WellChild, Walking With The Wounded and the London Marathon Charitable Trust. Earlier in September 2009 he along Prince William established The Foundation of Prince William and Prince Harry to advance their charitable endeavours.
- // 14th Apr 2011Prince Harry resolved to become an Apache helicopter pilot. After meeting required standards he began training in the Defence Helicopter Flying School at RAF Shawbury and on April 14, 2011 he earned his Apache Flying Badge. He was promoted as Captain on April 16 that year.
- // Oct 2011Thereafter he went to a US military base in California in October 2011 to undertake helicopter gunship training and returned to England in November that year to finish his Apache helicopters training course at the Wattisham Flying Station in Suffolk.
- // May 2012 To 30th Apr 2014He became romantically associated with British actress Cressida Bonas in May 2012 however the two parted ways amicably on April 30, 2014.
- // 7th Sep 2012He was sent with the Army Air Corps on a tour on duty as a co-pilot and gunner for an Apache helicopter at the Camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan on September 7, 2012. He received life threat from the Taliban during his 20-week deployment.
- // 8th Jul 2013The Ministry of Defence announced on July 8, 2013 that Prince Harry has qualified as an Apache aircraft commander.
- // 6th Mar 2014He created the international Paralympic-style sports event ‘Invictus Games’ and launched it on March 6, 2014. The participants of the multi-sport event include injured, wounded and sick army personnel as also associated veterans. He is a patron of Invictus Games Foundation and several other endeavours that assist wounded servicemen.
- // 4th Jun 2015On June 4, 2015 he became Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) and on June 19 that year he ended his official duties with the Armed Forces.
- // 8th Nov 2016Prince Harry started dating American actress Meghan Markle in 2016, which was confirmed by the Kensington Palace on November 8, 2016. Their relationship grew stronger over the months and the couple soon became engaged.
- // 19th May 2018On 19 May 2018, Prince Harry and Markle got married in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. The Archbishop of Canterbury officiated at the wedding. It was an extravagant affair and celebrities from all over the world were invited. Actors George Clooney, Idris Elba, and Oprah Winfrey, tennis player Serena Williams, former footballer David Beckam and his wife Victoria Beckam were among the elite guests.
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Prince Harry's FAQ
What is Prince Harry birthday?
Prince Harry was born at 1984-09-15
Where is Prince Harry's birth place?
Prince Harry was born in St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom
What is Prince Harry nationalities?
Prince Harry's nationalities is British
Who is Prince Harry spouses?
Prince Harry's spouses is Meghan Markle
Who is Prince Harry siblings?
Prince Harry's siblings is Prince William
What was Prince Harry universities?
Prince Harry studied at Eton College, Wetherby School, Ludgrove School, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Which company or organization was founded by Prince Harry?
Prince Harry was the founder/co-founder of Sentebale
What is Prince Harry's religion?
Prince Harry's religion is Anglicanism
How tall is Prince Harry?
Prince Harry's height is 189
Who is Prince Harry's father?
Prince Harry's father is Charles, Prince of Wales
Who is Prince Harry's mother?
Prince Harry's mother is Diana, Princess of Wales
What is Prince Harry's sun sign?
Prince Harry is Virgo
How famous is Prince Harry?
Prince Harry is famouse as Younger Son of Charles, Prince of Wales