He was once the fun-loving young Royal famously caught with his trousers down playing billiards in a Las Vegas hotel suite with his mates – but Prince Harry has since swapped partying for posturing on a range of ‘woke’ issues with his wife Meghan Markle. Scroll through this picture timeline to see how much the Royal has changed over the years…
Thick as thieves: Prince Harry and his brother Prince William laugh at the launch of the Henry van Straubenzee Memorial Fund at Troubadour Club in London in 2009. The pair were once very close but since Harry has been married to Meghan their relationship has become more strained.
Ladies’ man: At the same event, the handsome Royals were spotted entertaining two blonde female guests, who seem to be enjoying the Princes’ attention. Prince Harry had two long-term girlfriends before marrying Meghan Markle. He dated Chelsea Davy from 2004 to 2011 and then Cressida Bonas, now an actress, between 2012 and 2014. The relationship reportedly ended with Bonas as she didn’t like the public scrutiny of dating a Royal.
Show off his softer side: Prince Harry visits 8-year old Junior Maynard in the pediatric ward at the Queen Elizabeth II hospital on January 31, 2010 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The Prince chatted to staff and their parents and thanked volunteers.
Harry the adventurer: A still from the television program Harry’s Arctic Heroes with Prince Harry. The Royal joined wounded servicemen to trek the North Pole, one of his many charity work projects. Here he is pictured during training for the freezing conditions.
Force of nature: Harry at an Army training camp in Afghanistan in 2013. His time touring Afghanistan with the Army displayed a dedicated team player unafraid of mucking in with the rest of the soldiers.
Ball skills: Prince Harry practices his rugby skills with members of the crew of his Spartan armored vehicle during a break in their duties in the desert in Helmand province in Southern Afghanistan in 2008.
Splash Harry: The Prince is pictured here partying in Las Vegas in 2012 – on the same holiday, leaked pictures saw him playing strip billiards. That wasn’t Harry’s finest hour, but he bounced back from the scandal relatively unscathed.
Following in his mother’s footsteps: Harry is pictured with six-year-old Mutsu at a children’s home in Lesotho, South Africa, in April 2006. The Prince was in the country to launch his new charity called ‘Sentebale’, which means ‘Forget me not’ in memory of his mother Diana Princess of Wales.
Funny face: Known for being a bit of a joker, Prince Harry makes a face on the trading floor of BGC Partners, in London September 2011 with a Tommy Cooper impression after securing a deal between Barclays London and a European counter-party. The company holds a Charity Day each year to commemorate the 658 employees who lost their lives in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.
Cheeky kiss: Prince Harry plants a kiss on the cheek of then girlfriend Chelsy Davy at the Concert for Diana at Wembley in 2007, ten years after his mother’s death.
Having a ball: Harry puts the boot into big brother Prince William during a visit to to Semongkong Children’s Centre in Lesotho in 2010.
I’m pointing at you! The Duke of Cambridge with his brother Prince Harry, right, pointing at something as they attend the Diamond Jubilee concert in London Monday June 4, 2012.
Having a laugh: Harry with his brother’s then girlfriend Kate Middleton are seen bursting into laughter at a service at St George’s Chapel, Windsor, in 2008.
Bolting: Harry copying sprinting legend Usain Bolt’s iconic ‘Lightning Bolt’ pose in 2012 in Jamaica following a race between the Royal and the Olympian.
Fingers crossed: Prince Harry tries his hand at sign sign language in a class at the Kananelo Centre for the Deaf, in the Maseru district of Lesotho in 2013.
All dressed up: Prince William, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry attend The Sun Military Awards at Imperial War Museum on December 19, 2011 in London. All three were dressed up to the nines.
Spiritual side? In recent years, however, Prince Harry has become much more serious. The Prince is pictured here visiting the Samo Thimi Technical School, Bhaktapur a training centre which provides technical skills to young Nepalis from underprivileged backgrounds.
Pensive: Harry is seen watching an aboriginal cleansing ceremony at Lake McKenzie on Fraser Island, Australia, in October 2018.
Tear we go: Harry is comforted by TV host Gaby Roslin as he gets upset at the WellChild awards which he attended in October 2018. He broke down as he was talking about when he and wife Meghan Markle found out they were expecting their first child.
Powerful message: Harry wrote messages of hope in icing sugar on the top of cupcakes which he posed on social media in August 2018. It was to raise awareness for those with spinal muscular atrophy.
Give me a hand: Prince Harry became a proud father for the first time in June 2019. Here he is sharing a tender moment with his newborn son, Archie, in a candid snap released shortly after his birth.
Looking serious: Harry is pictured leaving Canada House in London the day before announcing he would be stepping back as a senior UK royal – but wife Meghan Markle is the total opposite as she flashes a beaming smile.
In 2021, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle shocked the world while laying bare their split from the royal family in a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey. In the explosive sit-down, the former senior royals claimed they had experienced apathy for Meghan’s mental health and racism during their time in The Firm.
Harry also teamed up with Oprah for an AppleTV+ television series called The Me You Can’t See: A Path Forward which focuses on mental health. In the series, Harry details his own mental health battles and criticizes his father, Prince Charles, for ‘total neglect’.
This week, ahead of his 37th birthday, Harry joined First Lady Jill Biden for a virtual event honors wounded warriors. During the video call, Dr Biden and Prince Harry praised each other’s work with Harry adding to all attendees that the event was ‘not about the medals… it is about caring for our physical as well as our mental fitness.’
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