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30 Fun Facts about Prince Harry for His 30th Birthday

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Jan. 28 2015, Updated 2:41 p.m. ET

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When they were babies, it was Prince Harry who was the shy one, and William was the toddler terror.

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Prince Harry is partly of American descent (on his mother's side).

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Prince Harry's official last name is Mounbatten-Windsor, but he used Wales in the military.

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Prince Harry broke his silence about his mother in 2004, saying of his charity work, "I have a lot of my mother in me. I just think she would want us to do this—me and my brother."

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Prince Harry attended helicopter training school.

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Prince Harry lived in the United States in the fall of 2011 while he was getting helicopter training.

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Prince Harry got a D in geography in high school.

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Prince Harry joined Twitter in May 2014.

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Prince Harry walked across Antarctica to raise awareness for wounded soldiers.

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On February 27, 2013 in Maseru, Lesotho.
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Prince Harry co-founded a charity to help children who lost their parents to AIDS along with Prince Seeiso of the south African nation of Lesotho.

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On March 5, 2012 in Nassau, Bahamas.
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Prince Harry spent his gap year between high school and college in Australia.

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Prince Harry has a type: blonde girls who attended Leeds University. Both his long-term girlfriends, Chelsy Davy and Cressida Bonas, went here.

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Prince Harry had a pony named Smokey when he was a kid.

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Princess Diana waited in line with Prince Harry at a London department store to meet Santa Claus for Christmas 1987.

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Diana wouldn't let him watch Starsky and Hutch when he was younger, because it was too violent.

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Prince Harry refers to Kate Middleton in interviews as his sister.

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Prince Harry (and William) will get Princess Diana's wedding dress for his 30th birthday.

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Prince Harry Smoking Weed With Friends
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Prince Harry was caught smoking pot when he was 17.

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Prince Harry Visits Brazil – Day 2
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Prince Harry launched the Invictus Games, a sporting event for injured servicemen and women.

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Prince Harry completed a secret tour of duty in Afghanistan, and again in 2013.

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Prince Harry was deployed to Iraq in 2007, then recalled by the head of the British army for being a special target.

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Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas

Prince Harry's ex Cressida Bonas is going to be in an upcoming movie with Judi Dench called Tulip Fever.

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Prince Harry has his own personal coat of arms, which includes seashells for Princess Diana's house of Spencer.

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Prince Harry was long rumored to be the son of James Hewitt, Princess Diana's past boyfriend who had red hair.

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Prince Harry enjoys going to Byron Hamburgers, a burger joint near Kensington Palace, and even brought ex-girlfriend Cressida Bonas there for a date.

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While in Chile visiting a village after a forest fire in 2014, Prince Harry repaired a woman's TV, allowing her to watch Chile in the World Cup. "Prince Harry is my TV repair man!" she said to the press.

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Prince Harry has been pulling public pranks since he was a kid.

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Prince Harry seen leaving the Arts Club
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Prince Harry's parents were estranged by the time he was 8 .

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Prince Harry Visits Brazil – Day 2
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Prince Harry has produced a documentary film.

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Prince Harry recently retraced his mother's 1997 trip touring minefields in Africa.

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