From secret account to favorite film: 20 curiosities about Prince Harry

In summer 2020, through the rumors revealed by the book Finding Freedomthe news spread that Prince Harry I had an Instagram account secret, with whom he is rumored to have interacted with Meghan Markle during the early days of theirs relation. A cryptic profile, without photos: SpikeyMau5. Confirmationsin truth they never arrived, what is certain is that Spike was the nickname Harry was called by the officers of Scotland Yard.

And it wasn’t his only nickname: for his brother Williamin fact, it was Harold, but also H and Baz for close friends. He who, it must be remembered, was actually born Henry Charles Albert Davidbut it quickly became part of the family Harry. Surname? Was Wales throughout his military experience (his father, at the time, was Prince of Wales): among the few members of the House of Windsor to serve in war zones, he was twice in Afghanistanas a helicopter co-pilot.

Rewinding the tape, returning to the college days, Few people know that he achieved two A-Levels at Eton geography And art. And that after graduating from high school, at 19, he took a gap year working as a cowboy in a Australian ranch where «he rounded up cows and repaired fences» for $212 a week. He had developed his horse riding skills on the polo fields, where he had already shown off as a excellent player.

«He was an athlete high level», say his former teammates, recalling how he was also captain of the team rugby. The physique, on the other hand, he doesn’t lack: with his own 187 centimetres he is the second tallest of the house of Windsor, only his brother is ahead of him. In addition to the passion for sport, there is also that for the nature: as a boy he spent entire holidays walking in the woods with his dad Carlo and together they collected waste, thus learning attention to the environment.

What can we say about the visceral relationship with the deceased mother Diana? There’s an iconic side-by-side photo in Canadain front of the waterfalls of Niagarawhich recounts Harry’s first royal trip, aged 7, outside the English borders. It must be said that as an adult he has asked himself several times – jokingly – why Lady D she dressed him in similar combinations (“how could he do such a thing to me”), what is certain is that from his mother he inherited the feeling of solidarity towards the weakest.

There are many social projects in which he participates with enthusiasm, but the main one – of which he is the founder – are the Invictus Games: was inspired in the United States by the Warriors Gamesin 2013, understanding the beneficial impact of sport on war veterans. He returned to the USA in 2020, to live, together with his wife, who he married in great secrecy in the garden of Kensington Palace, a few days before the big ceremony a Windsor broadcast live worldwide.

And according to royal marriage lawsHarry – as among the first six people in line to the throne – had to ask permission to his grandmother, the Queen Elizabethwho during a family gathering a Sandringham gave his approval. Then precisely, together with the firstborn Archiethe Sussexes chose to move to America where their second daughter was born, Lilybet: a birth to which Harry also contributed (“first of all I wanted saw my face»).

Two children and, at the moment, three dogstwo beagles and a labrador: «I always had dreamed to have one,” the prince revealed in Spare. A large family, in short, that between a public event – interesting how Harry overcame the agoraphobia – and a trip abroad – including extreme places like the South Pole where the duke has recovered from an annoying frostbite – perhaps he gathers on the sofa to watch The Lion King, the Disney classic Harry’s favorite.

Or an episode of The Crown. “Yes, I’ve seen some clips of it», confessed the Duke of Sussex to The Late Late Show. “And I’m much more comfortable with that series compared to what I see written in the newspapers about my family, my wife or myself.”