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Feb 12, 2009 1:22 PM CST

Army Hits Harry With Sensitivity School

Disciplinary action follows two racial gaffes

(Newser) - Prince Harry has been booted to sensitivity camp by his army higher-ups following back-to-back racial gaffes, People reports. Shortly after calling a fellow soldier a "Paki," the 24-year-old royal told a black comedian, "You don't sound like a black chap." The diversity lessons, slated to last...

Harry Stirs Up New Race Row

Feb 11, 2009 8:19 AM CST

Harry Stirs Up New Race Row

Prince in hot water again for telling comedian he 'didn't sound black'

(Newser) - Prince Harry is facing fresh accusations of racial insensitivity after telling a black comedian "You don't sound like a black chap," reports the Daily Telegraph. Stephen Amos says the prince made the quip when they met after a comedy show for Prince Charles' 60th birthday. "I wanted...

Prince Harry Stands Paris Up in London

Feb 8, 2009 11:25 AM CST

Prince Harry Stands Paris Up in London

Cancels midnight date, leaving heiress to (gasp!) club it alone

(Newser) - Paris Hilton reportedly spoke directly to Prince Harry to arrange a midnight date over the weekend, so she might have been a bit put off to hear from a royal bodyguard that the rendezvous was off. But don't feel too bad for the heiress: A source tells the Daily Mail ...

Paris: Acting Dumb Is Hard

Jan 28, 2009 11:00 AM CST

Paris: Acting Dumb Is Hard

Heiress mistakes chef for prime minister

(Newser) - Paris Hilton is no dummy—just ask her. The hotel heiress blames her stint on The Simple Life for her international reputation as a five-star ditz, the Daily Mirror reports, and she insists she didn't really mistake TV chef Gordon Ramsay for British PM Gordon Brown. “I know exactly...

Prince Harry, Girlfriend
Call It Quits

Jan 25, 2009 6:11 AM CST

Prince Harry, Girlfriend Call It Quits

Relationship said to have "run its course"

(Newser) - Prince Harry and his long-time girlfriend Chelsy Davy have parted ways, according to the Telegraph. Davy reportedly decided that their often long-distance romance and Harry's military lifestyle were too much of a strain. The prince is beginning a training program with an army helicopter unit that would have kept the...

Harry Faces Disciplinary
Action for Racist Slur

Jan 18, 2009 5:40 AM CST

Harry Faces Disciplinary Action for Racist Slur

Prince's use of "Paki" violates no-racism policy

(Newser) - Prince Harry will likely receive a formal reprimand after a video of him using a racist slur made waves in the British press, reports the Telegraph. Harry has already had one meeting with his regiment commander over his use of "our little Paki friend" to describe a captain in...

Gordon Brown:
Harry's Sorry,
Now Move On

Jan 12, 2009 7:35 AM CST

Gordon Brown: Harry's Sorry, Now Move On

But victim's dad slams prince

(Newser) - Britain’s PM defended Prince Harry today amid an uproar over an army training-camp home video in which Harry calls a colleague “our little Paki friend,” the Daily Mail reports. “I think Prince Harry knows that these comments aren't acceptable,” Gordon Brown said, in calling for...

Furor
Follows
Harry's
'Paki' Vid

Jan 11, 2009 2:20 PM CST

Furor Follows Harry's 'Paki' Vid

Prince's taped words 'not acceptable in a modern army': official

(Newser) - Britain's defense ministry has launched a formal inquiry following widespread outcry over a videotape showing Prince Harry calling a fellow military trainee “our little Paki friend” and another cadet “a raghead,” reports the Telegraph. “This sort of language is not acceptable in a modern army,”...

Prince
Harry
Apologizes
for Slur

Jan 10, 2009 9:35 PM CST

Prince Harry Apologizes for Slur

(Newser) - Prince Harry's in hot water again. The young royal issued an apology tonight for referring to a Pakistani member of his military outfit as "our little Paki friend," the Times of London reports. In a newly surfaced video made during his officer training in 2006, then 21-year-old Harry...

Queen Takes Lead
in Royal Belt-Tightening

Nov 27, 2008 1:15 PM CST

Queen Takes Lead in Royal Belt-Tightening

Royal Family curbs lavish lifestyle to commiserate with strapped Brits

(Newser) - The British, from PM Gordon Brown on down, are turning to the queen for leadership during tough economic times, the Telegraph reports. The monarch has been curbing indulgences and meeting with Britons feeling the impact of the slowdown. Princes Harry and William are falling in line, beefing up their public...

Princes Go
Off-Road For Charity

Oct 18, 2008 3:53 PM CDT

Princes Go Off-Road For Charity

1,000 mile South African trek will raise money for children's charities

(Newser) - Dapper duo Prince Harry and Prince William are setting off on a South African off-road motorbike ride to benefit charity, the BBC reports. The 1,000-mile trek is expected to raise about $450,000 for three charities, including Harry’s Sentebale, which focuses on children with AIDS in Lesotho. The...

Wills Woos
Paris, Xtina
at UK Club

Oct 17, 2008 12:45 PM CDT

Wills Woos Paris, Xtina at UK Club

Princes party with American divas

(Newser) - Paris Hilton and Christina Aguilera landed a royal pair last night. They “sang cheesy pop songs” with Princes William and Harry at a London nightclub, TMZ reports. Wills first approached Christina, huddled with her and "flirted outrageously," but drifted to Paris’ side once she arrived, the Telegraph ...

For Britain's Young Princes,
a Role Reversal

Apr 24, 2008 10:06 PM CDT

For Britain's Young Princes, a Role Reversal

Harry's Afghan tour, Wills' chopper antics flop public perception

(Newser) - It seems like only yesterday that William was Britain's standup prince, brother Harry the misled stoner in an SS uniform. But after revelations that William landed his RAF helicopter on his girlfriend’s lawn, and that the younger Harry served actual combat in Afghanistan, the tables have turned, the AP...

Princes: Now Leave Mum Alone

Apr 8, 2008 3:50 AM CDT

Princes: Now Leave Mum Alone

William and Harry relieved grueling inquest is over

(Newser) - Prince William and Harry are relieved that the grueling inquest into their mother's death has concluded, hoping it will quiet speculation about conspiracies behind the tragedy. "They just want it to end after all this time," a source told the Daily Telegraph. The inquest concluded yesterday that Princess...

Harry Praised
by US Pilots

Mar 16, 2008 11:19 AM CDT

Harry Praised by US Pilots

F-15 flyers note composure of then unknown Brit who called in airstrikes

(Newser) - American F-15 fighter pilots were impressed with the composure of the British soldier who called in air cover on Taliban entrenchments in Afghanistan in December. But for 2 months Capt. Ben Donberg and Col. Dan DeBree had no idea that "Widow Six Seven" was actually Britain's Prince Harry calling...

Prince Harry Should Have Stayed

OPINION

Mar 12, 2008 9:11 AM CDT

Prince Harry Should Have Stayed

Christopher Hitchens asks what threat he posed others

(Newser) - When Matt Drudge revealed to the world Prince Harry was in Afghanistan, there he should have stayed, writes Christopher Hitchens for Slate. It's "piffle" to think that his royal highness was a "bullet magnet" in Helmand province, already one of the most dangerous places on Earth for any...

Aussie Mag Apologizes
to Harry

Mar 10, 2008 4:30 AM CDT

Aussie Mag Apologizes to Harry

Publishing Afghan story was 'irresponsible and insensitive,' say editors

(Newser) - An Australian women's magazine has apologized to Britain's Prince Harry for breaking a media embargo and being the first to reveal that he was serving with troops in Afghanistan. The young royal was immediately pulled from the combat zone after just 10 weeks because of fears he would become a...

Brits Probe Soldier Who Tried to Sell Harry Pics

Mar 9, 2008 10:07 AM CDT

Brits Probe Soldier Who Tried to Sell Harry Pics

Comrade defied media ban, says Guardian

(Newser) - The British military is investigating a soldier who defied military orders and tried to sell "extraordinary" pictures of Prince Harry’s secret Afghanistan deployment to the media, the Guardian reports. In the pictures, Harry witnesses the beheading of a live goat during Christmas celebrations and films the event on...

We Were Hunting Harry: Taliban

Mar 3, 2008 5:00 AM CST

We Were Hunting Harry: Taliban

Militants after 'important chicken'

(Newser) - Taliban militants knew Britain's Prince Harry was deployed with his infantry unit in Afghanistan and were plotting to kidnap or kill him, one of their leaders tells Newsweek. Deputy Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Karim claims he learned of the presence of "an important chicken" as long ago as December,...

Prince Harry: I'm No Hero

Mar 2, 2008 8:14 AM CST

Prince Harry: I'm No Hero

Praises fellow soldiers, wants to return 'very, very soon'

(Newser) - In a revealing interview with the British press, Prince Harry spoke yesterday of his stint in Afghanistan as one of the happiest times of his life, and said he "generally" doesn't "like England that much." The third-in-line to the British throne insisted he's not a hero, and...