Prince Harry given delirious reception as US tour begins in Senate

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Source: The Guardian

It wasn't the entrance of a royal, but of a celebrity. In the high marble atrium of a US Senate building, a scream went up. It sounded like teenagers, but this was a government building at 3.45pm: the noise was in fact from Senate staffers, five deep down the corridors and along the top balcony, phones held aloft, clutching their suit jackets to contain their excitement. Prince Harry dipped his head and took an awkward step forward. More screams from the balcony.

This is the prince's first visit to the US since his adventures in Las Vegas last year, when he was photographed at the sharp end of a game of strip billiards. The seven-day tour, which opened in Washington DC and will take in Colorado, New Jersey and New York before ending in a charity polo match in Connecticut next Wednesday, is impeccably worthwhile, arranged around meetings with charities and good causes. But anticipation has naturally focused on the other stuff.

Chris Christie, the governor of New Jersey, joked to journalists last month that when, next week, he acts as the prince's chaperone on a tour of a town devastated by Hurricane Sandy: "Nobody's going to get naked, OK? I think I can assure the people of New Jersey that. Much to their relief."

The prince's bad behaviour has only increased affection for him in the US. If William commands affable respect, like his father, and Kate – who is on the cover of People magazine this week under the headline "Kate's Baby Bump Diary! (Her 10 Best Maternity Looks)" is admired as glamorous but rather distant – Harry is his mother's son: of the people.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/09/prince-harry-us-tour-senate-mccain

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1. Of all the royals, he's the only one I care for

He actually acts like a real human (warts and all) and screws up the same way the rest of us do. Maybe it's because he's not actually Charles son, he's got the characteristics of his real father instead.

[dballance]

2. Whose Son is he Then?

What exactly are you suggesting?

[OnlinePoker]

4. Google Prince Harry and Major James Hewitt

He was Diana's riding instructor. They definitely look more alike than Harry and Charles.

[frogmarch]

6. Yes, there is a

bit of resemblance.

[Nye Bevan]

9. Yes. If someone put a gun to my head and said I had to guess who the real father was,

and I would be shot if I guessed incorrectly, my money would not be on Charles.

[dballance]

7. Oh good grief. Did you go straight to the National Enquirer to Get That?

Or was there some other worthless source of useless rumors that you pulled that from?

[Matilda]

10. Harry is a Spencer.

His looks come from his mother's family, not his father's. James Hewitt didn't meet Diana until well after Harry was born, but this is his uncle, Charles Spencer (Diana's younger brother):


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[GCP]

11. Yes

I wish this meme of his being James Hewitt's son would go away. He looks the image of Diana's brother.

[harmonicon]

16. Yeah? You thought it was funny to wear a Nazi uniform to a halloween party?

That doesn't fit the description of anyone I know.

[bread_and_roses]

3. Groveling for "Royalty" - how democratic!

In the halls of Congress? WTF? Could either the level of maturity or the ideological preferences be made plainer?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

5. The whole Nazi uniform thing freaks me out. No, thanks. Don't care too much for him.

[DallasNE]

8. Second Sons In Royal Families

Have a history of being bad boys that constantly get in trouble with youthful indiscretions. Harry fits the mold perfectly.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

13. Getting into trouble is one thing. Donning Nazi attire is an entirely different ballgame.

[dipsydoodle]

12. The Mail has aggregated the best set of pictures from a variety of sources.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2322162/Prince-Harrys-US-tour-Michelle-Obama-beats-hundreds-adoring-women-closest-Britains-eligible-bachelor.html

[AngryAmish]

14. Once again I am ashamed of my nation.

[harmonicon]

15. Fuck that little asshole, and fuck all the royal assholes who think God made them better than...

everyone else.