Prince Harry of Wales

Prince Henry of Wales (Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor) (born September 15, 1984), informally named Prince Harry by his parents,{{ref|parents}} is the third in the line of succession to the British throne and the thrones of other Commonwealth Realms, behind his father, the Prince of Wales, and his elder brother, Prince William of Wales). He is the grandson of Queen Elizabeth II. He has generally been regarded as a carefree, fun-loving, and rebellious member of the British Royal Family. The Prince has also become well known as a magnet for controversy and gaffe-plagued actions.

Style and arms

Prince Harry has the title of Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland with the style His Royal Highness.

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Prince of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - ''His Royal Highness''

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On his 18th birthday, his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II granted Prince Harry his own personalised coat of arms, the Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom with a label for difference: Quarterly, 1st and 4th Gules three Lions passant guardant in pale Or (England), 2nd Or a Lion rampant within a Double Tressure flory counterflory Gules (Scotland), 3rd Azure a Harp Or stringed Argent (Ireland), the whole differenced by a Label of five points Argent the first third and fifth points charged with an Escallop Gules.

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Coat of arms - Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom

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Prince Harry's coat of arms has a label of five points, as the grandchild of the sovereign. The escallops (seashells) allude to his late mother Diana, Princess of Wales, whose Spencer coat of arms includes three escallops argent.

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