11x why Prince Harry is the nicest
Did you see the interview with Harry on Carpool Karaoke? Do it now. You'll fall in love immediately. What highlights: James Corden shows him the house of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air because he believes Harry should live there as a prince. They ring the bell, the door opens, a bit awkward all around, until Harry says: ‘I’m actually dying for a pee…’ and lifts a leg and crosses his knees.
And how he talks about his Zoom sessions with Prince Philip (whom I actually quite like, read here why, among other things), who doesn’t press ‘end meeting’ but just closes the laptop at the end of a session. And about Queen Elizabeth who ordered a waffle maker for little Archie for Christmas. I find it all too sweet. More Harry (who is actually named Henry), more love.
1. Shetland pony and rabbit
He had them as a small child and he couldn't get enough of them. From the age of four, ‘my little Spencer’, as Diana called him, was already riding the pony.
2. Bullied and teased
First by his older brother William (who is actually the tallest in the royal family, with Harry in second place) and later also a bit in kindergarten. At Eton, he also couldn't find his footing, but that was, so the story goes, mainly due to the grief over the loss of his mother.
3. Stay-behind
He was fourteen when he went to Eton and not thirteen like the other students. This was because he could focus even less on his schoolwork after his mother's death. Harry has never been an outstanding student; he preferred to play sports or act. And that's why we find him just a bit more sympathetic.
4. Little artist
Like his grandfather Philip and father Charles, Harry is also a gifted drawer and loves to paint.
5. Friends with Dominic West
Yes, hoiii, woohoo. These two at a big table, bottle of whiskey in the middle, and us as flies on the wall. I have a good time, you know.
6. Lost a friend
Besides the loss of his mother, Harry also had to say goodbye to a good friend who died in a car accident in 2002.
7. Kate's chicken
Harry loved her roasted chicken. She often made it for him when it was over with Harry and Cressida Bonas and Harry often hung out on the couch with his brother and Kate. He was very close to Kate during that period and called her ‘the sister I never had’. Let's hope those bonds strengthen a bit over time.
8. Kate's engagement ring was given to her by Harry
When Lady Diana passed away, her butler Paul Burrell took the boys to her apartment in Kensington and let them choose something from her belongings. Little Harry chose her engagement ring, but when William and Kate got engaged, he gave that ring to William so he could give it to Kate.
9. Best pilot
He was, after Prince Andrew who was a helicopter pilot during the Falklands War, the first member of the royal family to play an active role in the military. Harry was a pilot and even won the gunner trophy for Best Pilot.
10. He initiated the Invictus Games
A sporting event for physically and mentally injured soldiers.
11. He chose his girl
As he told James Cordon: ‘You know how the English press can be. It was toxic and I did what anyone in my situation would do: protect your family and get it out of the dangerous situation.’
Loving Harry, it doesn't get easier than that.
