Prince Harry is to return to the US in May – but this time the trip won’t include the Las Vegas hotel room where he was photographed frolicking naked with a woman.
The 28-year-old royal will instead spend his time championing the rehabilitation of British and American troops and promoting his own charities.
The third in line to the throne will also watch wounded service personnel in the opening ceremony of the paralympic-style Warrior Games, an annual event in Colorado Springs in which a British team is taking part for the first time.
His private secretary, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, said: ‘Prince Harry wants to highlight once again the extraordinary commitment and sacrifice of our injured servicemen and women – our wounded warriors.
‘Although a Prince, Harry is also an operational soldier – indeed he’s a soldier’s soldier – therefore throughout this briefing the recurring theme is to help recognise and bring a spotlight onto the work being done to help these outstanding young men and women.’
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The young royal will also visit Arlington National Ceremony, where more than 400,000 fallen American troops, veterans and their families are buried and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre.
In Washington DC, Prince Harry will attend an exhibition about landmine clearing – which follows the recent announcement that he will follow in the footsteps of his mother Princess Diana by becoming the patron of the HALO Trust, which aims to clear the weapons from war-torn countries.
Survivors of Hurricane Sandy will welcome the prince to New Jersey and he will also stage a polo match in Connecticut in aid of his African-based charity, Sentebale.
Harry’s last visit to the US was overshadowed when photographs of him partying naked in Las Vegas were published around the world.
Leaked images showed him cupping his genitals next to a naked woman after an alleged game of strip billiards in his hotel room. It came weeks before his deployment to Afghanistan – and sparked a global debate on privacy.
He later admitted he had ‘let himself down’ but claimed he was entitled to ‘a certain amount of privacy’.
