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PAPERS REVEAL HARRY 'HONEY TRAP' PLOT
St James's Palace has refused to comment on newspaper reports of a "bizarre plot" to obtain a sample of Prince Harry's DNA.
A girl was going to be used to set a "honey trap" and pluck a strand of hair from his head, according to the Mail on Sunday and The Sunday Times.
The newspapers report that Prince Charles's private secretary Sir Michael Peat was tipped off about the elaborate sting and contacted police.
Scotland Yard refused to comment but police sources say they have received no complaint and no investigation is under way.
Both newspapers say Sir Michael may have believed that the News of the World was involved in the plot but the newspaper issued a denial.
Stuart Kuttner, managing editor, said: "The allegation that we would attempt to obtain a sample of Prince Harry's hair is utterly preposterous.
"We did not do this, never attempted to do this and it has never crossed our minds to do so."
He went on: "If this is the approach Sir Michael Peat is adopting in his investigation into sleaze at the Palace, we can only assume he'll find everyone guilty - regardless of any evidence.
"The whole notion is bonkers. Tom Crone, the legal manager of News International, publishers of the News of the World, formally told him so in the plainest of terms today.
"It's a pity Sir Michael chooses to think otherwise."
Story filed: 00:01 Sunday 15th December 2002
...what a wild guy he is! I've just read about him doing drugs (i had NO idea)quote:
ORDER OF THE BATH, HARRY
By Jane Kerr
PRINCE Harry gave dad a filthy look yesterday - and got a playful tweak on the nose in return. It was all part of the fun as Charles turned out to see his very own Dirty Harry cover himself in mud and glory in the centuries-old Eton Wall Game. His victorious team made history by scoring twice in the game - a cross between rugby, soccer and brutality which baffles everyone but the players.
Charles, though, was understandably proud of his 18-year-old son. He watched the game with Harry's tutors and other dads. As soon as it was over he squelched through the mire to congratulate Harry - and rib him over his appearance. The closeness between father and son was clear as they stood alone chatting and joking. Charles reached out to hold Harry's shoulder then quickly withdrew his hand in mock disgust at the sight of his younger boy caked in mud from head to toe.
The fond exchanges were captured by the Daily Mirror after we were invited to watch Harry play in the annual match on Saturday. We were the only newspaper to record Charles's private visit to the elite Berkshire school for the game - said to have inspired Harry Potter's Quidditch. Afterwards one royal aide, referring to our Paul Burrell scoop, joked: "It looks like the Mirror's done it again." Harry, in his final year at Eton, brought a cheer from the 300-strong crowd by scaling down a brick wall with the other players to start the game.
The prince had daubed his face with blue and yellow warpaint - in keeping with a game which has been described as "brutal, pointless and extremely dangerous". And, leaving no doubt about the determination of his Oppidans side to win, Harry was photographed with his nine team-mates in a special edition of the school magazine, The Chronicle, dressed in the style of an Al Capone gangster. His menacing look was completed with a wide-brimmed trilby hat, white suit, waistcoat and cane.Harry's opponents included a friend who called himself "The Duchess of Dork". But the young royal signed on in the magazine simply as "Harry Wales Esq". Torrential rain had swamped the field. And within minutes Harry's blue and red striped shirt and white trousers were covered in mud along with his face, hair, hands and legs, making it virtually impossible to tell him apart from the other players. At one point, he looked like being crushed under a mass of bodies as both sides tried to win control of the ball along the 118-yard wall against which the game is played.But during a break in play he acted the clown by lying down flat in the mud, hands clasped behind his head.And any pain he might have felt soon melted when his side scored a try. Such are the complicated rules of the game that scoring is rare. The last time anyone can remember it happening was nearly a decade ago.
Jubilant Harry celebrated by hugging his team-mates and performing a short victory dance. Then, minutes before the end, his side scored their unique second try. It was a sweet moment for the prince, who appears to have put the furore over his pot smoking and underage drinking long behind him.The teenage daredevil, who has tried his hand at most adventure sports including abseiling, scuba diving, skiing and polo, is no stranger to physical scrapes either. Last June he damaged his ankle in an inter-house sporting encounter and had to limp around on dad's walking stick for weeks. He needed surgery after he chipped a bone in his left thumb playing football. In 1996 he was so badly bruised while playing rugby at Eton he had to be taken to hospital. And he still carries a scar on his foot after he accidentally put it through a plate glass window. But he comes up smiling.
A family friend said: "Harry likes to let his hair down. He's full of fun and gets away with much more than his brother.
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PRINCE HARRY NAMED 'MOST DATEABLE STUD'
Prince Harry has been crowned 2002's most dateable "stud" by society magazine Tatler.
He beat the likes of James Gooding, Dan Macmillan and Darius Danesh to take the title.
According to judges, his "naughty but nice" appeal puts him ahead on the social barometer.
But Prince William, who was number one in the list two years ago, has failed to make it to the top 10.
Tatler editor Geordie Greig told the London Evening Standard: "Harry has suddenly emerged as the young royal who has just come of age and is naughty but nice. By a huge majority, he was voted the most desirable new guy on the block.
"He's got a sense of mischief. There's a certain energy and irreverence, wit and fun about him. He is clearly good-looking and a young man who people are going to watch and girls have got their eye on."
Story filed: 15:29 Tuesday 5th November 2002
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