HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS HENRY HARRY TO HIS FRIENDS IS FIFTH IN LINE TO THE BRITISH THRONE AND THE YOUNGER SON OF CHARLES THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE LATE DIANA HE'S AN AVID SPORTSMAN A RESPECTED AND DECORATED MILITARY OFFICER AND A TIRELESS SUPPORTER OF CHARITIES BORN INTO A LIFE OF PRIVILEGE HARRY HASN'T BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT MAKE US HUMAN IT SIMPLY MADE HIM MORE VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC
WHEN PRINCE HARRY WAS THIRTEEN HE LOST HIS BELOVED MOTHER DUBBED THE PEOPLE'S PRINCESS BY THE PRESS LADY DIANA SPENCER MARRIED CHARLES PRINCE OF WALES IN A CEREMONY HELD AT ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL IN LONDON ON JULY 29 2981 3,500 PEOPLE ATTENDED THE WEDDING WHICH WAS SEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD EVERY DETAIL OF THAT DAY WAS PHOTOGRAPHED CATALOGUED AND SCRUTINIZED SHE WAS TWENTY A SHOCKED WORLD MOURNED WITH HER CHILDREN PERHAPS IT WAS THE PRESSURE OF SUDDEN FAME THE LOFTINESS OF HER ROLE OR HER REBELLIOUS SPUNKY PERSONALITY CLASHING WITH THE DEMANDS OF HER TRADITIONAL ROLE BUT DIANA'S BEAUTIFUL SMILE MASKED A TROUBLED MARRIAGE AND HER INNER STRUGGLES SHE DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHILE FLEEING PAPARAZZI DURING A VISIT TO PARIS ON AUGUST 31 1997
WE WILL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE SHE'S NEVER FORGOTTEN AND CARRY ON ALL OF THE SPECIAL GIFTS AND SUCH THAT SHE HAD AND THAT SHE PORTRAYED WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE I HOPE THAT A LOT OF MY MOTHER'S TALENTS ARE SHOWN IN THE WORK THAT I DO THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT HIS MOTHER'S INFLUENCE SHAPED THE YOUNG PRINCE HARRY WAS AN INFANT WHEN HE TRAVELLED WITH HIS MOTHER ON DIPLOMATIC AND PUBLIC RELATIONS MISSIONS TO PLACES LIKE ITALY EVERY DAY DEPENDING ON WHAT I'M DOING I WONDER WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF SHE WAS HERE AND WHAT SHE WOULD SAY AND HOW SHE WOULD BE MAKING EVERYBODY ELSE LAUGH WHO KNOWS WHAT THE SITUATION WOULD BE WHAT THE WORLD WOULD BE LIKE IF SHE WERE STILL AROUND IT IS SAID THAT TRAVEL MAKES ONE MORE OPEN MINDED THAT MEETING PEOPLE UNLIKE YOU EXPANDS YOUR HORIZONS AND MAKES YOU WISER HOWEVER IT WAS HARRY S DOMESTIC DUTIES AS A MEMBER OF THE ROYAL FAMILY WHICH SHAPED HIM THE MOST HE WAS TEN WHEN HE SALUTED WITH PRIDE THE OFFICERS WHO MARCHED IN THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORY OVER JAPAN PARADE DREAMING OF SOMEDAY BEING ONE OF THEM
