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Prince Harry prepares to visit New York

Prince Harry is preparing to visit New York as part of his first official trip to the United States. St James’s Palace announced that it was part of of easing the prince into his royal role. Associated Press reports…Prince Harry

The prince is due begin the two-day trip with a visit to the World Trade Center site on May 29. The next day, he is due to take part in a charity polo match — the Veuve Clicquot Manhattan Polo Classic — on Governor’s Island to raise cash for the U.S arm of his Lesotho-based charity, Sentebale.

The third in line to the British throne will attend a naming ceremony for the British Memorial Garden in Hanover Square, which commemorates the British victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, and visit the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Manhattan to meet with wounded veterans. [video link]

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One Response to “Prince Harry prepares to visit New York”


  • sg
    May 14th, 2009 19:11
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    Prince Harry you rock my world! You are your mother’s son! Thank you for visting the veterans and for bringing attention to 911 again and what a horrendus attack on humanity, the degredation of democracy and freedom of religion and state.