Prince Harry

@Younger Son of Charles, Timeline and Personal Life

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

Sep 15, 1984

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: September 15, 1984
  • Nationality: British
  • Famous: Prince of Wales, Younger Son of Charles, Miscellaneous
  • Spouses: Meghan Markle
  • Siblings: Prince William
  • Known as: Prince Henry of Wales, Henry Charles Albert David
  • Universities:
    • Eton College
    • Wetherby School
    • Ludgrove School
    • Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Prince Harry born at

St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

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Birth Place

He was in an on-and-off relationship with Zimbabwean national Chelsy Davy from 2004 to May 2010.

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Personal Life

He became romantically associated with British actress Cressida Bonas in May 2012 however the two parted ways amicably on April 30, 2014.

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Personal Life

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.

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Personal 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.

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Childhood & Early Life

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.

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Childhood & Early Life

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.

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Childhood & Early Life

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.

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Childhood & Early Life

His parents divorced in 1996 and the following year on August 31 his mother died in Paris after suffering injuries in a car crash.

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Childhood & Early Life

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.

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Career

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".

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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.

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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.

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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.

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