Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
Younger son of King Charles III and founder of the Invictus Games.
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, was born at 4:20 pm on 15 September 1984 at St Mary's Hospital, London, as the second child of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales.[1]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Prince Henry of Wales
- Born
- 15 September 1984
- Birthplace
- St Mary's Hospital, London, England
- Spouse
- Meghan Markle, 19 May 2018
- Issue
- Prince Archie of Sussex; Princess Lilibet of Sussex
- House
- Windsor
- Father
- Charles III
- Mother
- Diana Spencer
Facts from the source article.
Key facts and history
His parents divorced in 1996, and his mother died in a car crash in Paris the following year.[2] Harry attended private schools, including Eton College, where he completed two A-Levels in June 2003.[3][4][5] He entered the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 8 May 2005 and was commissioned as a Cornet in the Blues and Royals in April 2006.[6] Harry served a secret deployment to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, as a joint terminal attack controller in 2007–2008.[7]
He later trained as an Apache helicopter pilot and returned to Afghanistan for a four-month combat tour in 2012.[8][9] In his 2023 memoir Spare, Harry wrote that he killed 25 Taliban members during six missions.[10] At St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, on 21 December 1984, Robert Runcie, the Archbishop of Canterbury at the time, christened Harry with the names Henry Charles Albert David.[1] Those close to Harry called him "Harry" from his early years, and his older brother William gave him the nickname "Harold".[11]
Archie, a son, was born to Harry and Meghan in 2019, and Lilibet, a daughter, arrived in 2021.[12]
What the cited sources add
BBC News reported that during his Brazil visit, Harry said Britain and Brazil were "forging bonds that will stand the test of time"[13] E! Online described Harry's participation in the music video for Gary Barlow's Diamond Jubilee song "Sing," where he played the tambourine.[14]
References
- Wikipedia, "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Princess Di gives birth to boy", The Evening News, 16 September 1984; "Prince Harry – Biography", Clarence House (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Timeline: How Diana Died", BBC News, 30 August 1997; "1997: Diana's funeral watched by millions", BBC News, 6 September 1997 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Prince William in pictures", The Telegraph, 18 March 2011 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Prince Harry"; Taylor, "Harry and Meghan: What's the media's 'invisible contract' with British royalty", BBC News, 11 March 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "What is it like at Eton College?", BBC News, 4 July 2005; "Prince Harry's A-level results", BBC News, 14 August 2003; "A Royal Brush with the Olympics", BBC America, July–August 2012; Morris, "Prince Harry, a weak student who was helped to cheat in exam, says ex-teacher", The Guardian, 10 May 2005; Alleyne, "'Teacher did Prince Harry's exam paintings'", The Telegraph, 10 May 2005; Morris, "Prince Harry, a weak student who was helped to cheat in exam, says ex-teacher", The Guardian, 10 May 2005; "Prince Harry denies exam ch en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Fisher, "Prince Harry has passed his Regular Commissions Board (RCB)", The Royal Family, 24 September 2004; "Harry begins Sandhurst training", BBC News, 8 May 2005; "Prince Harry's entry into Sandhurst – an update", The Royal Family, 30 November 2004 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Harry's war", The Guardian, 28 February 2008; "Prince Harry may be training in Alberta: reports", CTV, 2 June 2007; "Prince Harry on Afghan front line", BBC News, 28 February 2008; "Prince Harry on front line in Afghanistan", NBC News, 28 February 2008; Gammell, "How the Prince Harry blackout was broken", The Telegraph, 28 February 2008; "Prince Harry Biography – New Idea", Yahoo!; Audrey, "Harry secretly serving in Afghanistan", The Guardian, 28 February 2008; "Prince Harry to be recalled from Afghanistan", The Guardian, en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Prince Harry aims to become pilot", BBC News, 27 October 2008; "Prince Harry volunteers for Army helicopter pilot selection", Ministry of Defence, 27 October 2008; "Princes enjoy RAF Shawbury", BBC News, June 2009; "Prince Harry flies plane despite failing pilot test", The Indian Express, 18 February 2009; "Prince Harry awarded provisional flying wings by Prince of Wales", The Daily Telegraph, 7 May 2010; James McConnachie, "The Rough Guide to the Royals", CNN, 5 April 2012, p. 55; Nikkhah, "Prince Harry promoted to captai en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Prince Harry deployed to Afghanistan", BBC News, 7 September 2012; "Prince Harry in Afghanistan flying Apache copters", Yahoo! News; "Afghan Taliban threaten to kidnap and kill Prince Harry", Reuters, 10 September 2012; "Prince Harry under guard during Taliban attack on base", BBC News, 18 September 2012; "Prince Harry shielded from attack", The Sydney Morning Herald, 19 September 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Dalton, "Prince Harry says he killed 25 people in Afghanistan during tour of duty", The Independent, 5 January 2023; Atkinson, "Pen Farthing 'evacuated from Kabul' over fears Prince Harry confessions could invite 'reprisal attacks'", The Independent, 7 January 2023; Solomons, "Pen Farthing slams Prince Harry book as "badly judged" as he claims he must now leave Kabul for fear of reprisals", LBC, 7 January 2023; Sheridan, "Prince Harry accused of 'betraying the military' and endangering serving soldiers after claiming to hav en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sommerlad, "Prince Harry's new book reveals brothers' childhood nicknames", The Independent, 5 January 2023 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Barry, "Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, gives birth to a boy", The New York Times, 6 May 2019; Hill, "Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Have Split Royal Households from Kate Middleton and Prince William", 14 March 2019; Murphy, "Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to Officially Close Buckingham Palace Office at the End of March", 19 February 2020; "Harry and Meghan buy home on Santa Barbara estate that was subject of 1998 novel Riven Rock", The Daily Telegraph, 13 August 2020; Petit, "What Is Archie's Chick Inn? The Sweet Moment You Mis en.wikipedia.org
- "Prince Harry praises UK and Brazil bonds", BBC News, 10 March 2012. facts only, no text reused. bbc.co.uk
- Serpe, "Prince Harry Goes Pop: Shakes Tambourine—and His Booty!—on Queen's Diamond Jubilee Song", E! Online, 18 May 2012. facts only, no text reused. eonline.com
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