Prince Henry of Wales KCVO (Henry Charles Albert David; born 15 September 1984), familiarly known as
Prince Harry, is the younger son of
Charles, Prince of Wales, and
Diana, Princess of Wales. At the time of his birth, he was third in
line of succession to the British throne, after his father and
elder brother, but is currently fifth in line after his father, his elder brother, and his nephew and niece,
George and
Charlotte. On 27 November 2017, it was announced that Prince Harry and
Meghan Markle were engaged and to be married in Spring 2018.
After an education at schools in the United Kingdom and spending parts of his
gap year in Australia and
Lesotho, Harry chose a military career, undergoing officer training at the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was commissioned as a
cornet (ie.
second lieutenant) into the
Blues and Royals, serving temporarily with his brother, and completed his training as a troop leader.
In 2007 and 2008, he
served for 77 days in
Helmand, Afghanistan, but was pulled out after an Australian magazine revealed his presence there.
[3] He returned to Afghanistan for a 20-week deployment in 2012–13 with the
Army Air Corps.
[4] He left the army in June 2015. In November 2017, Harry and
Meghan Markle announced that they are engaged and will marry in 2018.