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People magazine features a special story about Britain's Prince Harry.
It's about the gap year Prince Harry spent.
Now we present the gap year story of the extraordinary Prince Harry, who wanted to become ordinary.
(This content was written based on the magazine's article.)
Harry Windsor
(Henry Windsor | Henry Charles Albert David Windsor)
Birth: September 15, 1984 (United Kingdom)
Height: 189 cm
Affiliation: British Army (Captain)
Family: Father Charles Windsor, Mother Diana Spencer, Brother William Windsor, Grandfather Philip Mountbatten, Grandmother Elizabeth II
Education: Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Career: April 2011–present: British Army Air Corps, Captain
Prince Harry was not as academically gifted as his mother, Princess Diana.
He graduated from Eton Collegeand immediately after graduating,
For two monthsin southern Africathe Kingdom of Lesothohe worked for orphans affected by AIDS.
In an interview with British broadcaster ITN, he said:
There is so much of my mother (Princess Diana) in me.
My mother wanted my brother and me to do this work together.
This kind of work will be a little harder for my brother. Right now I have time to help other people.
During visits to a facility set up for abused children,Harry became friends with Liketso, a 10-year-old girl who had been raped
he was able to become friends. During that period,Prince Harry saw, felt, and experienced things he had not seen before.
When Prince Harry later returned to the institution, Liketso's condition had greatly improved.
When I first met Liketso, she was lying in bed just staring at the ceiling. She couldn't even cry. She could hardly eat. She was in a really serious condition — she couldn't smile, couldn't cry, and showed no emotions. It was as if she knew what had happened to her. When I looked at her face, it felt like she understood what had happened. Truly, if I could, I would support this child's upbringing and education.
Harry also took part in installing a safety fence at an orphanage in Lesotho.
People just accuse what I do of being a PR stunt, but this is a side of me that no one has seen. Whenever I go abroad to volunteer, I want to make sure cameras can't follow me everywhere I go. I'm just myself. I don't think I'm special, but I can do something.About $3,600 was raised, enough to build the entire fence. It was perfect. This means that all the children in the orphanage are now safe.
With my brother William (Prince William of the UK) and I'm trying to be normal. It's really difficult. But we're just ourselves.Now I think I've reached the age where I can best use my fame. I've always wanted to go to countries suffering from AIDS and continue my mother's work as much as I can. I don't want to take it away from my mother, because I would never do that. No one could. But I want to keep working at this and make my mother proud.
Later, in 2005, Prince Harry entered the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst.
He successfully completed 44 weeks of training and the following year was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Household Cavalry.
During this period, Prince Harry, together with Prince Seeiso of the Kingdom of LesothoSentebale (meaning "Don't forget me")called
established a charity by that name. This charity supports vulnerable children and orphans in the Kingdom of Lesotho.
Looking at Prince Harry's decisions and activities after taking a gap year,also, one of the positive effects of a gap year is
that it helps clarify one's life directioncan be confirmed.
Take a Gap year!
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HAMTORI.Editor
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