MajorMadMax
12th Nov 2004, 04:47
I know it's been discussed but I thought this would provide some entertaining reading...
Cheers! Mē
Playboy Prince Harry set for spartan life in British Army
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's Prince Harry, who cemented his playboy reputation last month after a scuffle with a photographer outside a nightclub, will endure a tough regime of curfews and no alcohol when he enters the army in January, officers said.
Officer Cadet Wales, as Harry will be known when he enters the British Army's elite Sandhurst Royal Military Academy in the new year, will leave behind his life of luxury and receive no special privileges.
Harry, 20, will be up at dawn and in bed before an 11.59 pm curfew every night, the head of Sandhurst, Major General Andrew Ritchie, told reporters being escorted around the academy.
As well as doing all his own ironing, Harry will not be able to leave the site or touch alcohol for his first five weeks of military training.
It is a far cry from the prince's recent round of nightclubbing and canoodling during a "gap year" following school, which culminated in the unseemly fracas as he left the trendy Pangaea nightclub in central London.
Harry has already picked up his army-issue black boots during a familiarisation day at the college last week, and will report for duty carrying them, along with three combat uniforms and his own ironing board.
"The ethos of Sandhurst is that every single cadet that comes here is treated the same as everyone else," Major General Ritchie told reporters.
"You will meet some fierce sergeants who will maintain that philosophy. Everyone will have to prove themselves here."
Harry will be known as Mr Wales or Officer Cadet Wales to his seniors, while fellow soldiers will refer to him simply as Wales.
Although Britain's royal family are officially the Windsors, Harry and his elder brother, William, take their surname from the official title of their father, heir to the throne Prince Charles, who is Prince of Wales.
After growing up in the splendour of various royal palaces, Harry will have a spartan bedroom at Sandhurst containing just a single bed, a sink and a wardrobe.
Cadets are initially only allowed one photo of their family, although the numerous pictures of Harry's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, around the academy should help ward off homesickness.
The prince is following a long royal military tradition, with his father and grandfather, Prince Philip, both having served in the British forces.
Charles' brother Andrew served 22 years in the Royal Navy, including as a helicopter pilot during the 1982 Falklands War against Argentina.
Major General Ritchie said that he and his staff were used to cadets having to adjust to a very different way of life.
"They get up very early. We get used to people here who have worked four hours and slept 20. Here we reverse that cycle. Some find it quite a struggle," he said.
Cheers! Mē
Playboy Prince Harry set for spartan life in British Army
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's Prince Harry, who cemented his playboy reputation last month after a scuffle with a photographer outside a nightclub, will endure a tough regime of curfews and no alcohol when he enters the army in January, officers said.
Officer Cadet Wales, as Harry will be known when he enters the British Army's elite Sandhurst Royal Military Academy in the new year, will leave behind his life of luxury and receive no special privileges.
Harry, 20, will be up at dawn and in bed before an 11.59 pm curfew every night, the head of Sandhurst, Major General Andrew Ritchie, told reporters being escorted around the academy.
As well as doing all his own ironing, Harry will not be able to leave the site or touch alcohol for his first five weeks of military training.
It is a far cry from the prince's recent round of nightclubbing and canoodling during a "gap year" following school, which culminated in the unseemly fracas as he left the trendy Pangaea nightclub in central London.
Harry has already picked up his army-issue black boots during a familiarisation day at the college last week, and will report for duty carrying them, along with three combat uniforms and his own ironing board.
"The ethos of Sandhurst is that every single cadet that comes here is treated the same as everyone else," Major General Ritchie told reporters.
"You will meet some fierce sergeants who will maintain that philosophy. Everyone will have to prove themselves here."
Harry will be known as Mr Wales or Officer Cadet Wales to his seniors, while fellow soldiers will refer to him simply as Wales.
Although Britain's royal family are officially the Windsors, Harry and his elder brother, William, take their surname from the official title of their father, heir to the throne Prince Charles, who is Prince of Wales.
After growing up in the splendour of various royal palaces, Harry will have a spartan bedroom at Sandhurst containing just a single bed, a sink and a wardrobe.
Cadets are initially only allowed one photo of their family, although the numerous pictures of Harry's grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, around the academy should help ward off homesickness.
The prince is following a long royal military tradition, with his father and grandfather, Prince Philip, both having served in the British forces.
Charles' brother Andrew served 22 years in the Royal Navy, including as a helicopter pilot during the 1982 Falklands War against Argentina.
Major General Ritchie said that he and his staff were used to cadets having to adjust to a very different way of life.
"They get up very early. We get used to people here who have worked four hours and slept 20. Here we reverse that cycle. Some find it quite a struggle," he said.