Editing Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Stamp of Seychelles - 1985 - Colnect 537390 - Queen Mother with Prince Henry.jpeg|thumb|left|A 1985 Seychellois stamp depicting Harry with his great-grandmother [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]] at his christening]]

Prince Harry was born in the Lindo Wing of [[St Mary's Hospital, London|St Mary's Hospital]] in [[Paddington]], London, on 15 September 1984 at 16:20 [[British Summer Time|BST]] as the second child of [[Charles, Prince of Wales]] (later King Charles&nbsp;III), and his first wife, [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], during the reign of his paternal grandmother [[Queen Elizabeth&nbsp;II]].<ref name="ten16sep">{{cite news|title=Princess Di gives birth to boy|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V19GAAAAIBAJ&pg=1677,1656508&dq=princess+diana&hl=en|access-date=31 May 2013|newspaper=The Evening News|date=16 September 1984|archive-date=19 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319015343/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V19GAAAAIBAJ&pg=1677,1656508&dq=princess+diana&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=official>{{cite web|url=http://www.princehenryofwales.org/prince-harry/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103050106/http://www.princehenryofwales.org/prince-harry/biography|archive-date=3 November 2012|title=Prince Harry – Biography|website=Clarence House|access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|Rumours that Harry is the son of [[James Hewitt]], with whom his mother had an affair, have been denied by Hewitt.<ref name=bbchewitt>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2273498.stm|title=Hewitt denies Prince Harry link|work=BBC News|date=21 September 2002|access-date=28 December 2011|archive-date=15 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215161416/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2273498.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Hewitt said, "I must state once and for all that I'm not Harry's father. When I met Diana, he was already a toddler."<ref name=bbchewitt/> Diana's police bodyguard Ken Wharfe<ref name=bbchewitt/> and her butler [[Paul Burrell]]<ref>{{cite news|first=Shehab|last=Khan|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/princess-diana-former-lover-james-hewitt-heart-attack-stroke-fighting-for-life-a7735531.html|title=Princess Diana's former lover, James Hewitt, 'fighting for his life' after heart attack and stroke|work=The Independent|date=14 May 2017|access-date=27 October 2018|archive-date=28 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028040644/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/princess-diana-former-lover-james-hewitt-heart-attack-stroke-fighting-for-life-a7735531.html|url-status=live}}</ref> agreed that Hewitt and Diana did not meet until after Harry's birth.|group=fn}} He was christened Henry Charles Albert David on 21 December 1984 at [[St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]], by [[Robert Runcie]], the then [[archbishop of Canterbury]].{{#tag:ref|Harry had six godparents: [[Prince Andrew]] (his paternal uncle); [[Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones]] (his paternal first cousin once removed); Carolyn Bartholomew (née Pride); [[Bryan Organ]] (a British artist); Gerald Ward (a former officer in the Household Cavalry); and Celia, Lady Vestey (née Knight).<ref name="peo14jan">{{cite magazine|last=Smith|first=Terry|author2=Rosemary Thorpe-Tracey|title=A Windsor War|magazine=People|date=14 January 1985|volume=23|issue=2|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20089686,00.html|access-date=6 June 2013|archive-date=15 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015044619/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20089686,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>|group=fn|name=Baptism}} Growing up, he was referred to as "Harry" by family, friends, and the public, and was nicknamed "Harold" by his brother.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-harry-new-book-william-nicknames-spare-b2256519.html|title=Prince Harry's new book reveals brothers' childhood nicknames|work=The Independent|first=Joe|last=Sommerlad|date=5 January 2023|access-date=5 January 2023|archive-date=5 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105125805/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/prince-harry-new-book-william-nicknames-spare-b2256519.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Harry and his elder brother, [[William, Prince of Wales|William]], were raised at [[Kensington Palace]] in London, and [[Highgrove House]] in Gloucestershire.<ref name="time 1988">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.time.com/time/daily/special/diana/readingroom/8191/4_25.html|title=Growing Up Royal|date=25 April 1988|magazine=Time|access-date=4 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050331004503/http://www.time.com/time/daily/special/diana/readingroom/8191/4_25.html|archive-date=31 March 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Toneli|first=Lucia|title=You Could Be Prince Charles and Camilla's Neighbor for $10.1 Million|url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/real-estate/a37824654/elmestree-house-estate-prince-charles-highgrove-neighbor-for-sale/|magazine=Town & Country|date=2 October 2021|access-date=28 October 2021|archive-date=28 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028181344/https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/real-estate/a37824654/elmestree-house-estate-prince-charles-highgrove-neighbor-for-sale/|url-status=live}}</ref> Diana wanted her sons to have a broader range of experiences and a better understanding of ordinary life than previous royal children. She took them to venues that ranged from [[Walt Disney World]] and [[McDonald's]] to AIDS clinics and homeless shelters.<ref name="PeopleBio">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.people.com/people/prince_harry/biography|title=Prince Harry|magazine=People|access-date=15 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409003842/http://www.people.com/people/prince_harry/biography|archive-date=9 April 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> Harry began accompanying his parents on official visits at an early age; his first overseas tour was with his parents to Italy in 1985.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/theprinceofwales/atwork/supportingthequeen/countriesvisited/index.html|title=The Prince of Wales – At Work – Countries Visited|website=Clarence House|access-date=15 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202113324/http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/personalprofiles/theprinceofwales/atwork/supportingthequeen/countriesvisited/index.html|archive-date=2 February 2009}}</ref> He also travelled with his family to Canada in 1991 and 1998.<ref>{{cite news|title=When princes Harry and William visited Canada with their parents|url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/charles-diana-william-harry-visit-canada-ontario-1991-1.5316289|access-date=16 December 2020|work=CBC|archive-date=21 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221163741/https://www.cbc.ca/archives/charles-diana-william-harry-visit-canada-ontario-1991-1.5316289|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title='What about Harry?' When 2 teenage princes and their dad visited Canada|url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/what-about-harry-when-2-teenage-princes-and-their-dad-visited-canada-1.5424932|access-date=16 December 2020|work=CBC|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308175320/https://www.cbc.ca/archives/what-about-harry-when-2-teenage-princes-and-their-dad-visited-canada-1.5424932|url-status=live}}</ref>

Harry's parents divorced in 1996. [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|His mother died]] in a car crash in Paris the following year while he and William were staying with their father at [[Balmoral Castle]]. Their father informed them about their mother's death.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/conspiracy_files/6217366.stm|title=Timeline: How Diana Died|work=BBC News|date=30 August 1997|access-date=11 April 2008|archive-date=29 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429233126/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/conspiracy_files/6217366.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> At his [[Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales|mother's funeral]], Harry, then aged 12, accompanied his father, brother, paternal grandfather [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], and maternal uncle [[Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer]], in walking behind the funeral cortège from Kensington Palace to [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/6/newsid_2502000/2502307.stm|title=1997: Diana's funeral watched by millions|work=BBC News|date=6 September 1997|access-date=26 March 2009|archive-date=1 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801021548/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/6/newsid_2502000/2502307.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Harry and his brother William inherited the "bulk" of the £12.9 million left by their mother on their respective 30th birthdays, a figure that had grown since her 1997 death to £10 million each in 2014.<ref name=BBCJan2020>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-51047186|title=Prince Harry and Meghan: Where do they get their money?|date=20 January 2020|work=BBC News|access-date=5 April 2020|archive-date=6 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406150210/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-51047186|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Teleg14>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/11069069/What-will-Prince-Harry-and-Prince-William-inherit-from-Princess-Diana.html|title=What will Prince Harry and Prince William inherit from Princess Diana?|date=1 September 2014|work=The Telegraph|access-date=5 April 2020|url-access=subscription|archive-date=19 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519155953/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/diana/11069069/What-will-Prince-Harry-and-Prince-William-inherit-from-Princess-Diana.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014 Harry and William inherited their [[Wedding dress of Lady Diana Spencer|mother's wedding dress]] along with many of her other personal possessions, including dresses, diamond tiaras, jewels, letters, and paintings. The brothers also received the original lyrics and score of "[[Candle in the Wind 1997|Candle in the Wind]]", by [[Bernie Taupin]] and [[Elton John]], as performed by John at Diana's funeral.<ref name=Teleg14/> In 2002 ''[[The Times]]'' reported that Harry would also share with his brother a disbursement of £4.9 million from trust funds established by their great-grandmother, [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]], on their respective 21st birthdays and would share a disbursement of £8 million upon their respective 40th birthdays.<ref name="TimesApr2002">{{cite news|title=Princes inherit as royal big spender leaves £60m|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0501489625/TTDA?u=wes_ttda&sid=TTDA|access-date=5 April 2020|author=Richard Ford|work=[[The Times]]|date=2 April 2002|page=8|archive-date=11 February 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240211131225/https://galeapps.gale.com/apps/auth?userGroupName=wes_ttda&sid=TTDA&origURL=https%3A%2F%2Fgo.gale.com%2Fps%2Fi.do%3Fp%3DTTDA%26u%3Dwes_ttda%26id%3DGALE%7CIF0501489625%26v%3D2.1%26it%3Dr%26sid%3DTTDA&prodId=TTDA|url-status=live}}</ref> It was reported that Harry would inherit the bulk of the money left by the Queen Mother for the two brothers, as William is set to ascend to the throne, which will bring him additional financial benefits.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a22686998/prince-harry-prince-william-inheritance-queen-mother/|title=Prince Harry Inherited More Money Than Prince William from Their Great-Grandmother|magazine=Harper's Bazaar|first=Erica|last=Gonzales|date=9 August 2018|access-date=25 June 2022|archive-date=25 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625054109/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a22686998/prince-harry-prince-william-inheritance-queen-mother/|url-status=live}}</ref>